Darya Klishina
Darya Klishina in 2011
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Russian |
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15 January 1991 Tver, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
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| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | Long jump |
| Club | CSKA Moscow |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Long Jump: 7.05m (Ostrava 2011) |
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Darya Igorevna Klishina (Russian: Дарья Игоревна Клишина, born 15 January 1991) is a Russian long jumper.
Klishina was born in 1991 in Tver, Russian SFSR. At the age of eight, Klishina began practicing volleyball, and at thirteen changed her preference for athletics in specialty long jump, thanks to the influence of her father, a former athlete.
Klishina achieved a jump of 7.03m on 26 June 2010, a Russian junior record, and the second best junior mark of all time. This jump was also the second best jump in the world that year, behind only her teammate Olga Kucherenko's mark of 7.13m that year. Despite her dominance in the long jump in 2010, Klishina didn't compete at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.
In 2016, she was permitted to compete in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics, through special permission granted by the IAAF. The IAAF had suspended the Russian national federation from competing due to breach of anti-doping rules, and Klishina was the only member of the athletics team allowed to compete. This was then reversed on 13 August 2016. Klishina immediately appealed the decision, saying that she is "a clean athlete and have proved that already many times and beyond any doubt. Based in the US for three years now, I have been almost exclusively tested outside of the Anti-Doping system in question. I am falling victim to those who created a system of manipulating our beautiful sport and is guilty of using it for political purposes." On 15 August 2016, the eve of the long jump event, Klishina's appeal was upheld, once again allowing her to compete in the Olympics. She qualified to the long jump final and finished 9th. This finish marked the first time in 20 years that a Russian woman failed to medal in the long jump.
Key: RJR = Russian junior record
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