Andrey Silnov

Andrei Alexandrovich Silnow (Russian: Андрей Александрович Сильнов; born September 9, 1984 in Schachty, Rostov Oblast ) is a Russian athlete who was 2008 Olympic champion in high jump.

Silnow jumped over 2.10 meters in 2002 for the first time. He finished ninth at the U23 European Championships in 2005; also in 2005 he improved his personal best to 2.28 meters. In 2006, he was charged with 2.28 meters for the first time Russian champion. With 2.31 ​​meters, he won the European Cup.

At the European Championships 2006 in Gothenburg Silnow mastered any height to 2.36 meters in the first attempt. He became European Champion in front of Czech Tomáš Janků and two Swedes Stefan Holm and Linus Thörnblad who jumped 2.34 meters on each. Then tried to set up with 2.41 meters a new Russian record, but failed Silnow.

In the sports festival in Monaco Silnow jumped after the European Championships with the 2.37 Weltjahresbestleistung 2006. In September he was at the World Athletics Final in Stuttgart with 2.33 second behind Thörnblad. A week later at the World Cup in Athens, he was 2.24 meters second behind Tomáš Janků.

In Osaka at the 2007 World Championships Silnow finished with 2.21 meters of space 11 after he had jumped 2.29 meters in the qualification.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing, he reached a height of 2.36 m and won the competition and the gold medal. He then failed three times at the height of 2.42 meters, this level would have meant next Olympic record, an improvement of Igor Paklins Soviet record of 2.41 meters in 1985. Four years later he was in London not repeat his Olympic success. In the finals he finished with 2.25 m only 12th place

Silnow has a competition weight of 83 kg at a height of 1.98 m.