Yelena Vladimirovna Parfyonova (russian: Елена Владимировна Парфёнова; born 26 January 1974 in North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR) is a retired

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

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. Her personal best jump is 14.33 metres, achieved in June 2008 in

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

. She won the gold medal at the 2000 Asian Championships, the silver medal at the 2002 Asian Championships and finished fourth at the 2005 Asian Championships.Asian Championships
- GBR Athletics She also competed at the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 World Indoor Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

without reaching the final.

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* 1974 births Living people Kazakhstani female triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kazakhstan Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan Kazakhstani people of Russian descent People from North Kazakhstan Region Asian Athletics Championships winners Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners {{Kazakhstan-athletics-bio-stub