Nationality Russia Name Daniil Tsyplakov | Sport Athletics | |
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Full name Daniil Aleksandrovich Tsyplakov Now coaching A. Zyplakov, R. Lupatov, P. Harin | ||
Daniil Aleksandrovich Tsyplakov (Russian: Даниил Александрович Цыплаков; born 29 July 1992 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump.
Career
Born in Khabarovsk Krai, Tsyplakov's first international medal came at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics, where he cleared a personal best of 2.17 m (7 ft 1 1⁄4 in) to take the bronze medal. He improved further at the 2009 European Youth Olympics, topping the podium with a jump of 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in). He equalled his best to win the 2010 Russian junior title but had a poor showing at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, managing only 2.05 m. He jumped a best of 2.26 m (7 ft 4 3⁄4 in) as the runner-up at the Russian junior championships the following year, but was one place off a medal at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships, taking fourth place. The highlight of his 2012 season was a personal best of 2.31 m (7 ft 6 3⁄4 in) to take sixth place at the Russian Athletics Championships.
Tsyplakov made his first impacts in the senior ranks in the 2013 season. An indoor best of 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in) brought him third at the Russian Indoor Championships. On the circuit he was second on count-back to Bohdan Bondarenko at the Moscow Challenge and came third at the Athletissima meet with a jump of 2.30 m (7 ft 6 1⁄2 in). He secured a silver medal in the high jump at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships, runner-up to Douwe Amels on count-back, and was third at the Russian Championships later that year.
A performance of 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) at the 2014 Russian Indoor Championships marked him in second place to Ivan Ukhov and earned him a spot for the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships.