Andrey Silnov

Andrey Aleksandrovich Silnov is a Russian high jumper who won the men's high jump at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He was born on 9 September 1984 in Shakhty in the Rostov region and stands 198 cm tall. Olympedia credits him with one Olympic gold medal, from 2008, and records a second Olympic appearance at the 2012 Games in London, where he finished eleventh. He carried the Russian flag at the closing ceremony in 2008. Earlier he had won the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, and in 2012 he took silver at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul. His personal best is 2.38 metres, set in 2008. He competed for the Russian Army club in Rostov-on-Don. Wikipedia adds that he was suspended in 2020 for doping, backdated to 2013, while keeping his Olympic title.