Klyuchnikova is in her first season with with the Spartans as an assistant coach for sprints and jumps.
Prior to UD, she attended California State University - Fresno where she received her degree in Recreation and competed in track and field. She won silver outdoors and bronze indoors in the high jump during the 2019 season at the Mountain West Conference Championships for the Bulldogs.Â
Prior to Fresno State, she compete at Vincennes University in Indiana where she was the NJCAA outdoor national champion in the high jump in 2016. She is a 4x NJCAA All-American, finishing in the top 3 at nationals in the high jump in all 4 championships she competed.Â
Klyuchnikova was born in Tolyatti, Russia, is the daughter of Aleksandr and Lyudmila Klyuchnikova and has one brother, Gleb. She now resides in Dubuque and is pursuing her masters degree in Sport Management at UD.Â
