Yolanda Chen (russian: Иоланда Чен; born July 26, 1961 in
Moscow) is a retired
Russian athlete. She started as a
pentathlete, but decided to specialize in
long jump. In 1988, she achieved a personal best of 7.16 metres, a good result, but from 1992 she switched to
triple jump instead, a relatively new event for women. Inspired by her father
Yevgeniy Chen Yevgeni, Yevgeny, Yevgenii or Yevgeniy (russian: Евгений), also transliterated as Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii or Evgeniy, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. People with the name include:
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, who was among the world elite in the 1950s, she managed to jump 13.72 metres in 1992. Her great-grandfather was
Eugene Chen.
In 1993, she improved to 14.97 metres, a new outdoor record which would also remain her personal best. Her record was beaten at the
World Championships the same year by fellow Russian
Anna Biryukova, who jumped 15.09m. In 1995, Chen appeared at the
World Indoor Championships and won the gold medal with 15.03 metres, a new world indoor record, beating the prior record of 14.47m. She finished 11th at the
World Championships the same year.
Chen married pole vaulter
Yevgeniy Bondarenko. She now works as a commentator for the Russian
Eurosport.
In 2023, she suggested postponing the
2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la XXXIIIe Olympiade, links=no) and also known as Paris 2024, is an upcoming international multi-sport event that is s ...
to 2025 because of controversies surrounding Russia's participation.
ИОЛАНДА ЧЕН ПРЕДЛОЖИЛА ГЛАВЕ МОК ПЕРЕНЕСТИ ОЛИМПИАДУ В ПАРИЖЕ НА 2025 ГОД ИЗ-ЗА СИТУАЦИИ В МИРЕ
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International competitions
See also
* List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
* List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
* List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
References
*
IAAF bio
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1961 births
Living people
Athletes from Moscow
Russian sports journalists
Soviet female long jumpers
Soviet female triple jumpers
Russian female triple jumpers
Russian female long jumpers
FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
Russian Athletics Championships winners
Russian sportspeople of Chinese descent