Kirill Sosunov
Russian athletics and bobsled competitor
Kirill Olegovich Sosunov (Russian: Кири́лл Оле́гович Сосуно́в; born 1 November 1975 in Ryazan) is a Russian long jumper and bobsledder. He is the 1998 European champion, and that year he also set his personal best jump with 8.38 metres. The previous year he had won World Championships medals both indoor and outdoor. He switched to bobsled in 2005. Sosunov is married to high jumper Olga Kaliturina.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 28th (q) | Long jump | 7.12 m (wind: +1.1 m/s) |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | – | Long jump | NM |
Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 1st | Long jump | 8.21 m | |
1996 | European Indoor Championships | Stockholm, Sweden | 7th | Long jump | 7.87 m |
1997 | World Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 2nd | Long jump | 8.41 m |
European U23 Championships | Turku, Finland | 2nd | Long jump | 8.30 m (wind: +1.0 m/s) | |
World Championships | Athens, Greece | 3rd | Long jump | 8.18 m | |
1998 | Goodwill Games | Uniondale, United States | 7th | Long jump | 7.30 m |
European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Long jump | 8.28 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 16th (q) | Long jump | 7.97 m |
2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 5th | Long jump | 8.02 m |
2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 7th | Long jump | 8.16 m |
Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 16th (q) | Long jump | 7.94 m |
External links
- Kirill Sosunov at World Athletics
- Kirill Sosunov at the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's long jump
- 1934: Wilhelm Leichum (GER)
- 1938: Wilhelm Leichum (GER)
- 1946: Olle Laessker (SWE)
- 1950: Torfi Bryngeirsson (ISL)
- 1954: Ödön Földessy (HUN)
- 1958: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)
- 1962: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)
- 1966: Lynn Davies (GBR)
- 1969: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)
- 1971: Max Klauß (GDR)
- 1974: Valeriy Pidluzhnyy (URS)
- 1978: Jacques Rousseau (FRA)
- 1982: Lutz Dombrowski (GDR)
- 1986: Robert Emmiyan (URS)
- 1990: Dietmar Haaf (FRG)
- 1994: Ivaylo Mladenov (BUL)
- 1998: Kirill Sosunov (RUS)
- 2002: Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR)
- 2006: Andrew Howe (ITA)
- 2010: Christian Reif (GER)
- 2012: Sebastian Bayer (GER)
- 2014: Greg Rutherford (GBR)
- 2016: Greg Rutherford (GBR)
- 2018: Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
- 2022: Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
- 2024: Miltiadis Tentoglou (GRE)
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