Irina Vladimirovna Karpova (née Naumenko, kk, Ирина Владимировна Науменко; born 13 February 1980 in Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan Region) is a

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 ...

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

. Naumenko was 2nd at the Hexham International Combined Events Meeting in 2005 (5438pts) She married

Dmitriy Karpov Dmitriy Vasilyevich Karpov (Дмитрий Васильевич Карпов; born 23 July 1981 in Karaganda) is an athlete from Kazakhstan who competes in decathlon and heptathlon (the latter during the winter season). He won the bronze medal ...

, a decathlete. The pair has two children (born 2009 and 2010).Dmitriy Karpov
. London2012. Retrieved on 29 July 2012.

Achievements

Personal bests

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 ...

– 24.64 (Almaty 2000) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

– 2:12.37 (Jakarta 2000) *

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

– 13.96 (+0.3 m/s) (Götzis 2004) * High jump – 1.88 (Almaty 2000) *

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 ...

– 6.35 (+1.5 m/s) (Bishkek 2000) * Shot put – 13.90 (Almaty 2012) *

Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the wom ...

– 43.19 (Almaty 2012) * Heptathlon – 6140 (Almaty 2003) * Decathlon – 7798 (Talence 2004)

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* * 1980 births Living people Kazakhstani heptathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kazakhstan Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan Sportspeople from East Kazakhstan Region 21st-century Kazakhstani people {{Kazakhstan-athletics-bio-stub