Olena Hovorova
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Ukraine
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| Women's athletics | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2000 Sydney | Triple jump |
| World Championships | ||
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1997 Athens | Triple jump |
| Summer Universiade | ||
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1997 Sicily | Triple jump |
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1999 Mallorca | Triple jump |
Olena Ivanivna Hovorova (Ukrainian: Олена Іванівна Говорова; born 18 September 1973 in Izmail), also known as Yelena Govorova, is a former Ukrainian track and field athlete who specialised in triple jump competitions. She won the triple jump bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics with her personal best jump of 14.96 metres. She represented Ukraine at the Olympics in the 1996, 2000, and 2004 triple jump competitions – the first three Olympic competitions for the discipline. She also competed at five consecutive World Championships in Athletics from 1995 to 2003.
She won the triple jump gold medal at the Summer Universiade in 1997 and 1999 – the first time an athlete had retained the title – and also won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athletics. Although she often made the top-ten at competitions, she rarely reached the podium at major championships. A silver and a bronze from the European Cup in Athletics and a bronze from the 2001 Goodwill Games are the other significant medals she garnered in her career.
Hovorova began competing in 1991 and took her first junior medal (a bronze) in the triple jump competition at the 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She began making her mark in the senior ranks a few years later with appearances in the finals of the 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 1995 World Championships in Athletics.
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