Tatyana Lebedeva

Tatyana Lebedeva

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)
Medal record Representing  Russia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 1 World Championships 3 2 0 World Indoor Championships 3 1 0 European Championships 1 0 0 European Indoor Championships 1 0 0 World Junior Championships 0 0 1 Total 9 4 2 Olympic Games 2004 Athens Long jump 2000 Sydney Triple jump Disqualified 2008 Beijing Triple jump Disqualified 2008 Beijing Long jump 2004 Athens Triple jump World Championships 2001 Edmonton Triple jump 2003 Paris Triple jump 2007 Osaka Long jump 2007 Osaka Triple jump 2009 Berlin Long jump World Indoor Championships 2004 Budapest Triple jump 2004 Budapest Long jump 2006 Moscow Triple jump 2001 Lisbon Triple jump European Championships 2006 Gothenburg Triple jump European Indoor Championships 2000 Ghent Triple jump World Junior Championships 1994 Lisbon Triple jump
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.