Elena Kulichenko

Elena Kulichenko (Russian: Елена Куличенко; Greek: Έλενα Κουλιτσένκο; born 28 July 2002) is a Russian-born Cypriot track and field athlete, a national record holder in the high jump.

[2][3] Kulichenko was the 2017 Russia U-18 National Outdoor Champion and was a silver medalist at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival in Győr.

[5] In 2019, she was again declared eligible to compete as an authorised neutral athlete by the IAAF Doping Review Board even while the Russian national federation remained suspended.

[7] She began competing on the American collegiate circuit and was named SEC Women's Indoor Freshman Field Athlete of the Year for 2022, and also earned First-Team All-American honors.

[8] She won the bronze medal in the high jump at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held in Austin, Texas in June 2023, finishing behind Lamara Distin and Charity Griffiths.