Danil LYSENKO

Danil LYSENKO - Russia - 2018 World Indoor high jump Champion.

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 01 March 2018

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    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Monday, 19 May 1997
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Birsk, Russia.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Russia
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Danil LYSENKO - Russia - 2018 World Indoor high jump Champion.

Russia's Danil Lysenko competing as a Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)

at the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham, where he won

the gold medal in the men's high jump. He and 2017 World Champion

Mutaz Essa Barshim, both cleared the bar at every height first time until

it reached 2.36m.  Danil got over on his third and last attempt,

Mutaz did not.



 1.  Danil Lysenko   Authorised Neutral Athletes  2.36      
 2.  Mutaz Essa Barshim   Qatar  2.33      
 3.  Mateusz Przybylko   
  Germany
 2.29      
 4.  Erik Kynard   United States
 2.29      
 5.  Sylwester Bednarek   Poland  2.25      
  6.   Six jumpers tied at 2.20m






In July 2021 Lysenko was banned for six years for multiple

anti-doping violations. His 2018 drugs ban had wrongly been

lifted as subsequent events proved.