Tatyana Lebedeva

Tatyana Lebedeva

Lebedeva in 2013
Personal information
Born	21 July 1976 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)[1][2]
Medal record Representing  Russia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 3 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 6 2 Olympic Games 2004 Athens Long jump 2000 Sydney Triple jump 2008 Beijing Triple jump 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.

Celebrating victory in Osaka in 2007.

Lebedeva leaping at the Berlin World Championships in 2009.

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.^[1]

Early career

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.^[3]

In 2005, she missed the World Championships due to injury, but became the sole winner of the IAAF Golden League jackpot, a bonus of USD 1 million awarded to athletes who win their event at each of six designated European summer meets. That year, she concentrated on the triple jump.^[1]

Lebedeva excelled at the 2005 IAAF Golden League, receiving the entire jackpot prize of US$1 million. She became European champion for the first time with a win at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in the triple jump. Lebedeva reached the podium twice at the 2007 World Championships taking long jump gold and triple jump silver, and she earned two silver medals in her disciplines at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She won the long jump silver medal at the 2009 World Championships (her eighth medal on the world podium), although she could not match this form in the triple jump.^[1]

Personal life

In September 2002, Lebedeva and her husband Nikolay Matveev had their first daughter, Anastasiya. She announced that she was pregnant for a second time in 2010 (choosing to skip the 2011 season),^[4] and gave birth to a second daughter (Aleksandra) in November.^[5]

Personal bests

Type	Event	Best	Location	Date	Notes
Outdoor	Long jump	7.33 m	Tula, Russia	31 July 2004	8th of all time
	Triple jump	15.34 m	Heraklion, Greece	4 July 2004	3rd of all time
Indoor	Long jump	6.98 m	Budapest, Hungary	7 March 2004
	Triple jump	15.36 m	Budapest, Hungary	6 March 2004	World record

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Russia
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	10th	Long jump	6.22 m (wind: +1.9 m/s)
			3rd	Triple jump	13.62 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
1998	IAAF World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	2nd	Triple jump	14.36m
	Goodwill Games	New York, United States	2nd	Triple jump	14.14 m
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	Triple jump	14.25m
1999	World Championships	Sevilla, Spain	4th	Triple jump	14.55m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	München	3rd	Triple jump	14.66m
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	2nd	Triple jump	15.00m
	European Cup	Gateshead, England	1st	Triple jump	14.98 m
	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	1st	Triple jump	14.68m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st	Triple jump	15.25m
	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd	Triple jump	14.85m
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	1st	Triple jump	14.58 m
	European Cup	Bremen, Germany	1st	Triple jump	14.89 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	6q2	Triple jump	14.09m
	World Championships	Paris, France	1st	Triple jump	15.18m
	1st IAAF World Athletics Final	Monaco	1st	Triple jump	15.13m
	Russian Indoor Championships		1st	Triple jump	14.60 m
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	3rd	Triple jump	15.14m
			1st	Long jump	7.07m
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	Triple jump	15.36m Indoor world record
			1st	Long jump	6.98m
	2nd IAAF World Athletics Final	Monaco	2nd	Triple jump	14.96m
2005	IAAF Golden League	European circuit	1st	Triple jump	Won USD 1 million jackpot
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	Triple jump	15.15m CR
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	1st	Long jump	7.03m
			2nd	Triple jump	15.07m
2008	Summer Olympics	Beijing, PR China	2nd	Triple jump	15.32m
			2nd	Long jump	7.03m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	6th	Triple jump	14.37m
			2nd	Long jump	6.97m
2012	Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom	10th	Triple jump	14.11m

References

1. Tatyana Lebedeva. sports-reference.com
2. Tatyana Lebedeva. trackfield.brinkster.net
3. Golden Lebedeva celebrates as coach scowls. ABC (7 March 2004). Retrieved on 2010-03-18.
4. Russia’s Zarudneva and Lebedeva have plenty to celebrate. European Athletics (30 November 2010). Retrieved on 2010-12-01.
5. Tatyana Lebedeva set to return to action in January. European Athletics (8 November 2011). Retrieved on 2011-12-01.

External links

• Tatyana Lebedeva profile at IAAF
• Focus on Athletes – in-depth IAAF article
• Tatyana Lebedeva Pictures