Elena Slesarenko: biography and career

Elena Slesarenko - high jumper. He is a well-deserved master of sports of the Russian Federation. Two-time world champion and winner of the Olympic gold medal. Winner of European and World Cups, multiple champion of the Russian Federation.

Parents

Papa - Vladimir Yurievich, specializing in engineering. Mom is Tatiana Vladimirovna, also an engineer by training. The parents of the champion worked for twenty years in the city of Volgograd at the Akhtuba plant. Then they were invited to work in the State Healthcare Institution under the name "Regional Center for Medical Prevention".

Grandmother athletes, Valentina Ivanovna, after school immediately got to the front, where she was a nurse. After the victory together with her husband (military serviceman), they lived in the town of Stryj (Lviv region). They had a son, named Vladimir (Elena's father). After a while they were transferred to work in Stalingrad (later renamed to Volgograd).

The second grandmother of the champion, Raisa Georgievna, is a civil engineer by profession. Together with her husband, Vladimir Fedorovich (the captain of the river fleet) she lived in the Vologda region. They had a daughter, who was named Tatiana (Helen's mother). After a while they were also transferred to work in Volgograd.

Childhood of the future champion

Slesarenko Elena Vladimirovna was born on February 28, 1982 in the city of Volgograd. In the family she was a welcome and long-awaited child. From early childhood stood out among her peers with her mobility and activity. She loved dancing and gymnastic exercises.

Seeing the child's hobbies, the mother decided to give her daughter to a choreographic studio. Teacher Elena, Ivanova Irina Yurievna, constantly told the girl that she had excellent makings, which need to be developed through hard work. Little Lena listened to the teacher and was very responsible about the lessons.

Elena Slesarenko enthusiastically worked in the dance class, where she learned the skill of ballet. In addition, she attended a music school and learned to play the piano. But she was drawn to go in for sports. She tried herself in swimming and track and field.

Selection

After graduation from the art school, Elena Slesarenko, whose photo you can see in this article, decided to realize herself in athletics. Part of this is the merit of her coach, Marina Marina Apanasenko, who saw in the girl the makings of the champion. She was able to help Elena decide on the sport and became her first coach.

The first competition

Lena prepared with great seriousness for the competitions and invited the audience (parents, friends, etc.) to them. She already dreamed of being the best in her childhood. First in his group, then in the city, region and country. This desire and desire to win - the quality of the character of Elena, leading her to new heights in sports.

Elena Slesarenko in the seventh grade for the first time went to competitions in another city. From this moment began her sports career. In urban competitions Elena usually took 3-4 places. After a while her talent was recognized by the outstanding coach Boris Mikhailovich Gorkov and suggested that Lena concentrate on high-jump.

Jumping liked the future champion, and she began to win competitions among her peers, both urban and regional, and countries. In Volgograd at the winter national championship Elena Slesarenko was the first. And at the age of nineteen she was included in the Russian national track and field team.

Master of Sport

In 1999, Elena enrolled in the medical academy, but did not stop doing sports. Her surname more often sounded at major competitions, and Elena decided to transfer to the academy of physical culture. She graduated in 2006, continuing her studies in graduate school.

In 2000 she successfully passed the standards for the title of Master of Sports. In 2002 she won the national championship and took the fifth place in the European tournament. In 2003, at the European Youth Championship, she was able to take the second place.

In 2004, she became the owner of the European Cup and won the gold medals of her first World Cup. At the Olympics in Athens, she also was able to get a gold medal. In 2005, she won the Russian Championship, but was injured in competitions in Finland.

A year later, Slesarenko recovered and was able to again win the Russian championship. In the same year (2006) she received a gold medal in the world championship. In 2008, she was fourth at the Olympics. And since 2010 I began to train with Evgeny Petrovich Zagorulko. She was followed by a series of injuries, and had to do several operations.

In 2014, Elena Slesarenko completed her sports career. The Olympic champion has headed the regional CYSS in the native city of Volgograd.

Personal life

In the middle of the 2000s the champion met Alexander Vladimirovich Kolesov. He became her civil husband. They have a daughter who was called Lisa. Elena Slesarenko is happy with her family. Her personal life is quite satisfactory, and she does not want to change anything in the near future.

Alexander Kolesov is a man who is a support and support in everyday life and sports career. As a doctor, he always did a lot for the victories of the Olympic champion, watching her physical and mental health.

Awards and titles of Elena

Elena is a well-deserved master of sports of the Russian Federation. In 2006 (on the eighteenth of February) by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin was awarded the Order of Friendship, which she was awarded for her contribution to the development of sports and physical culture and high achievements.