Ivan Ukhov Athlete
Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov (Russian: Ива́н Сергее́вич У́хов; born 29 March 1986 in Chelyabinsk) is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Indoor champion (2009 and 2011). He was also the silver medallist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and the winner of the high jump at the inaugural 2010 IAAF Diamond League. He has twice broken the Russian national record indoors: jumping 2.39 meters on 28 January 2007 in Moscow, and besting that with a 2.40 m jump on 25 February 2009 in Athens. His best outdoor effort, 2.36 m, was set in Opole, Poland on 11 September 2010. His personal best of 2.40m (7 feet 10 1/2 inches) made him the 11th man in history to jump 2.40 or better, and only four of those men have jumped higher (indoors and out); only three men have jumped higher indoors (Patrik Sjöberg, 2.41 in 1987; Carlo Thränhardt, 2.42 in 1988, and Javier Sotomayor, 2.43 in 1993).
