Ekaterina Koneva (russian: Екатерина Конева; born 25 September 1988) is a Russian

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes 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 ...

. She is a triple-time gold medalist at the

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. Her personal best for the event is .

Career

Born in

Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China ...

in the

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

, she started out as a sprint 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 gr ...

specialist. She failed an in-competition

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in February 2007 for excess testosterone and was banned from competition for two years. She returned from the ban in 2009 and set personal bests of 11.76 seconds for the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

and 23.89 seconds for the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

. She switched to focus on the triple jump in 2010 and won the Russian under-23 title and came second at the under-23 Spartakiad.Ekaterina Koneva
RusAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. Koneva cleared fourteen metres for the first time in 2011 setting an indoor best of 14.18 metres at the

Russian Indoor Athletics Championships The Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), w ...

. Two personal bests came in

Bryansk Bryansk ( rus, Брянск, p=brʲansk) is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the River Desna, southwest of Moscow. Population: Geography Urban layout The location of the settlement was originally ass ...

, where she had 6.70 m in the long jump and 14.46 m in the triple jump.Ekaterina Koneva
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. She placed third at the

Russian Athletics Championships The Russian Athletics Championships (russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), which serves as the Russian ...

before going on to take the

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at the

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. At the start of 2012 she cleared a personal best of 14.60 m – a mark which ranked her tenth in the world for the triple jump that year. She came third at the Russian indoor championships but fared less well outdoors, managing only tenth at the Russian Championships. Further improvements came in 2013: she won at the Russian team championships with a best of 14.80 m and she was runner-up at the 2013 European Team Championships. She improved this by two centimetres to defend her triple jump title at the

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

, setting a Games record in the process.van Kuijen, Hans (2013-07-12)
Chernova shows great form with Heptathlon win at World University Games
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. She was also victorious at the Brothers Znamensky Memorial – one of the top annual meets in Russia. She claimed her first win on the

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circuit with a jump of 14.52 m at the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koneva, Ekaterina 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Khabarovsk Russian female triple jumpers Russian female long jumpers Russian female sprinters FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases

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