Yelena Sinchukova

Yelena Sinchukova (Russian: Елена Синчукова; née Ivanova; born 23 January 1961) is a retired Russian athlete who specialised in the long jump.[1] She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as two World Championships.

Sinchukova was born in Kemerovo.[2] Early in her career she competed in the combined events and later sometimes also participated in the triple jump.

Her personal bests in the long jump are 7.20 metres outdoors (Budapest 1991) and 6.84 metres indoors (Chișinău 1995).

International competitions
Representing the  Soviet Union
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1979 European Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 6th Pentathlon 4144 pts
1982 European Championships Athens, Greece 3rd Long jump 6.73 m
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 4th Long jump 7.04 m
Representing the  Unified Team
1992 World Cup Havana, Cuba 2nd Long jump 6.85 m
Representing  Russia
1993 World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 10th Long jump 6.52 m
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 7th Long jump 6.50 m
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 2nd Long jump 6.75 m
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 25th (q) Long jump 6.31 m

See also

References
  1. Yelena Sinchukova at World Athletics
  2. Sports-Reference profile


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