Anja Valant (born 8 September 1977) is a retired

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n athlete who competed in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

and

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

. Valant competed in the

at the 2000 Olympic Games where she finished ninth. Her personal best jump for the triple jump is 14.69 metres, achieved on 4 June 2000 in

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and her personal best in the long jump is 6.54 metres, achieved on 18 May 1997 in Dolenjske Toplice, Slovenia. Her leap of 14.69m was the Slovenian national record until

Marija Šestak Marija Šestak ( sr-cyrl, Марија Шестак; born ''Martinović'', Мартиновић) is a Serbian-born Slovenian triple jumper. Marija Martinović was born on 17 April 1979 in Kragujevac (at the time SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia). She ...

jumped 14.92 metres on 3 June 2007 in

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. Valant retired from competition after the 2012 season.

Achievements

References

* 1977 births Living people Slovenian female triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovenia Slovenian female long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Slovenia {{Slovenia-athletics-bio-stub