Anna Biryukova (russian: Анна Бирюкова; born 27 September 1967 in

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

, Sverdlovsk) is a retired female

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 ...

er from

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. In 1993 Biryukova won a

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at the

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by jumping 15.09 metres, a new

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. She reportedly believed she had the capability of jumping 16 metres, but in 1994 she didn't reach the 15 metre mark once, although she did become European champion that season. In 1995 she starred in the

, and she almost reached old heights by jumping 15.08 metres. Women's triple jump had progressed, however, and she only managed a

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behind

Iva Prandzheva Iva Prandzheva ( bg, Ива Пранджева, born 15 February 1972 in Plovdiv) is a former Bulgarian Athletics (sport), athlete who was successful in both long jump and triple jump. She had to retire from athletics in 2000 after she was caught ...

(15.15m) and

Inessa Kravets Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets (née Shulyak, uk, Інеса Миколаївна Кравець; born 5 October 1966) is a Ukrainian former triple jumper and long jumper. She was among the most prominent female triple jumpers during the period that ...

, who jumped a world record of 15.50 metres up to Yulimar Rojas at 15.67m, the world record, was set during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan on August 1, 2021. Anna Biryukova also competed in

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 gr ...

from time to time, and her personal best is 6.64 metres.

International competitions

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* 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg Russian female triple jumpers Russian female long jumpers Olympic female triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners IAAF Continental Cup winners European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists Russian Athletics Championships winners {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub

International competitions

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