| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 1 | High Jump | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 2.36 |
| Diamond League | ||||
| 1 | High Jump | 2011 | London, GBR | 2.36 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2011 | Oslo, NOR | 2.28 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2011 | Eugene, OR, USA | 2.32 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2010 | Monaco, MON | 2.28 |
| 3 | High Jump | 2011 | Stockholm, SWE | 2.30 |
| 6 | High Jump | 2011 | Paris Saint-Denis, FRA | 2.28 |
| 8 | High Jump | 2011 | Zurich, SUI | 2.25 |
| World Challenge | ||||
| 1 | High Jump | 2011 | Zhukovskiy, RUS | 2.32 |
| 1 | High Jump | 2010 | Zhukovskiy, RUS | 2.33 |
| Super Grand Prix | ||||
| 1 | High Jump | 2008 | Lausanne, SUI | 2.35 |
| World Indoor Championships | ||||
| 2 | High Jump | 2012 | Istanbul, TUR | 2.33 |
Hobbies
Fishing, "and not just fishing for the fun of it. I like to prepare a dish of fish and then eat it." (IAAF, 18 Jan 2007)
Education
Information Technology - South Russia State University of Economics and Service, Shakhty, RUS
Language(s) spoken
English, Russian
Club name
Armed Forces, Russia
Coach
Evgeny Petrovich Zagorulko (RUS) (rusathletics.com, 19 Dec 2011)
Injuries
He missed the 2009 season because of achilles tendon surgery. He suffered the injury before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing but decided to undergo an operation only after them. (sport-express.ru, 22 Jun 2010)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He took up athletics at the age of seven in his native Shakhty with coach Sergey Ivanovich Starykh. (sport-express.ru, 22 Jun 2010; radiomayak.ru, 07 Feb 2012)
Reason for taking up this sport
An elder brother was a triple jumper, and it was his example that inspired him. One day after watching his brother train, and clearly understanding the advantages of being tall, Silnov made up his mind to become a high jumper, and at his very first competition in Rostov he cleared 1.45m and came third. (IAAF, 18 Jan 2007)
Ambitions
Becoming world champion. (rsport.ru, 13 Jun 2012)
Awards
He holds the national sports title of Honoured Master of Sport. (rusathletics.com, 19 Dec 2011)
He was decorated with the Order of Friendship by the President of Russia for winning gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. (kremlin.ru, 02 Aug 2009)
General
LUCKY LONDON
He names London as his "lucky place" because in 2008 he was selected to take part in the Beijing Olympic Games there and in 2011 he won a Diamond League event in London, clearing 2.36m which was his best result of the season. (sovsport.ru, 08 Aug 2011)
DEPUTY SILNOV
He was elected the deputy of the city parliament of his native Shakhty in 2010. (sport-express.ru, 22 Jun 2010)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
