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Tatyana Lebedeva

Tatyana Lebedeva
Татьяна Лебедева 2013 Volgograd.jpg
Lebedeva in 2013
Personal information
Born (1976-07-21) 21 July 1976 (age 40)
Sterlitamak, Bashkir ASSR, Russia
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long jump, triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) LJ – 7.33 m (2004)
TJ – 15.36 m(i) (2004)
Updated on 20 February 2014.

Tatyana Romanovna Lebedeva (Russian: Татьяна Романовна Лебедева, born 21 July 1976) is a Russian athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of the most successful athletes in the disciplines, having won gold medals at Olympic, world and European levels. She has a long jump best of 7.33 m and holds the indoor world record mark of 15.36 m in the triple jump. On 25 January, 2017, the International Olympic Committee sanctioned Lebedeva for doping at the 2008 Olympic Games, meaning that she will lose her silver medals for the long jump and triple jump events.

Her first successes came in the triple jump in 2000, when she won European Indoor gold medal and a silver at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She became the World Champion the following year in addition to a silver medal at the world indoors. After retaining her triple jump title at the 2003 World Championships, she decided to take up the long jump as well. The move paid dividends: she broke the indoor world record in the triple jump at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and won a second gold in the long jump with a mark of 15.36. She won her first Olympic gold medal in the long jump event at the 2004 Athens Olympics and also won the bronze in the triple jump competition.


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