Anna Vladimirovna Chicherova (russian: Анна Владимировна Чичерова; born 22 July 1982) is a Russian

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er. She was the

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ist at the

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and the

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and originally was awarded a

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in the event at the

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. She was also runner-up at the World Championships in 2007 and 2013, as well as the bronze medalist in 2015. In May 2016, it was reported that a retest of samples from the 2008 Games had found 31 positive findings for performance-enhancing drugs. One of those positive tests was admitted by her coach to belong to Chicherova. On 6 October 2016, the IOC confirmed that Chicherova had failed a doping test, due to the presence of

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in her 2008 sample, and stripped her of her bronze medal. The medal was ultimately reallocated to original 6th place finisher Chaunte Lowe, as the 4th and 5th place high jumpers in that final tested positive for their retests as well. Her silver medal in World Champion 2009 was also stripped. On 23 July 2018, the athlete asked the

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to be able to participate in the

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. At the beginning of 2019, she jumped 2.01 indoors twice, three days apart. At age 36, those jumps both equalled the Masters W35 World Record, though because they were indoors, they will not be recognized as the record. In September 2019, Chicherova along with

Elena Lashmanova Elena Anatolyevna Lashmanova (russian: Елена Анатольевна Лашманова, born 9 April 1992 in Saransk, Mordovia) is a Russian race walker. In March 2022 she accepted a two-year ban, retroactive to March 2021, and all of her re ...

were refused clearance for the

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Biography

Chicherova was born in

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and then moved to

Belaya Kalitva Belaya Kalitva (russian: Бе́лая Калитва́) is a town and the administrative center of Belokalitvinsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia. Population: History It was founded in 1703. Administrative and municipal status Within the ...

, Russia, when the Soviet Union dissolved. She previously announced that she would retire after the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, after 14 years at the top, but has since continued to jump. After her second world silver in 2009, Chicherova announced her retirement, but after giving birth in 2010, she made her come back in 2011. In 1999, she won her first major title when she was only 16, at the world youth championships in

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. Chicherova was among the world leading high jumpers for several years until she missed the 2010 season due to pregnancy. After returning in 2011 she established herself as the world leading female high jumper displacing

Blanka Vlašić Blanka Vlašić (; born 8 November 1983) is a Croatian former track and field athlete who specialized in the high jump. She is a two-time world champion and double Olympic medallist who ranks as the joint second highest female jumper of all time ...

. Her personal best jump and the Russian national record is 2.07 metres, achieved on her 29th birthday at the Russian

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championships of 2011. Her best indoors was achieved at the

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meeting 2012 in

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with 2.06 m. She thereby improved her Russian indoor national record by two centimeters. Chicherova is among the top ten high jumpers of all time both indoor and outdoor. Chicherova is currently in the athletics club based in

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, where she is coached by Yevgeni Zagorulko. She is married to

Gennadiy Chernovol Gennadiy Sergeyevich Chernovol ( kz, Геннадий Сергеевич Черновол; born June 6, 1976 in Soviet Union) is a former Kazakhstani athlete who competed in the sprints events. He is married to a high jumper, Anna Chicherova Ann ...

. She was absent for the 2010 season due to pregnancy and had her first child, Nika, in September that year.Russia’s Chicherova jumping back into the spotlight
.

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(2011-04-05). Retrieved on 2011-04-29. With her victories in

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and

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, Chicherova became only the third female high jumper in history (after

Stefka Kostadinova Stefka Georgieva Kostadinova ( bg, Стефка Георгиева Костадинова; born March 25, 1965) is a Bulgarian retired athlete who competed in the high jump. Her world record of 2.09 metres has stood since 1987. She was the 1996 ...

Heike Henkel Heike Henkel (; born Heike Redetzky on 5 May 1964) is a German former athlete competing in high jump. She was Olympic, World and European champion. She won the high jump gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Biography ...

) to win gold at both the Olympic Games and the World Championships.

Achievements

Personal bests

*Six-time Russian National High Jump Champion – 2004, 2007–2009, 2011–2012

References

External links

Russian Athletics Association Profile
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Biography

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Personal bests

See also

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