Kirill Sosunov Explained
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
| Representing |
|---|
| 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 | |
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