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Irina Lenskiy ( he, אירנה לנסקי; born 12 June 1971) is a Ukrainian-born
Irina Lenskiy ( he, אירנה לנסקי; born 12 June 1971) is a Ukrainian-born Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i athlete who specializes in the 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 ...
.
Personal life
She is of Jewish background, and was aUkrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
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citizen, known as Irina Lenskaya, until 1999 when she emigrated to Israel
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. She also held the surname Omelchenko for a period.
In Israel she represents the sports club Maccabi Rishon LeZion. She stands tall and weighed about during her active career. Her daughter Olga Lenskiy (born 1992) competed in sprints at the 2009 World Youth Championships.
Career
By the time of migrating to Israel she had already taken part in the1995
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and 1997 World Championships, both in the 400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.
On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ...
. Her personal best time was 55.69 seconds, achieved in June 1996 in Kyiv
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, and she also had 52.60 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in 1997.
In the short hurdles distances (100 and 60 metres
60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior ath ...
) she competed at the 2001 World Indoor Championships, the 2001 World Championships, the 2002 European Indoor Championships, the 2002 European Championships, the 2003 World Championships, the 2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
, the 2006 European Championships and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final. In the 4 x 400 metres relay
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Four is the smallest c ...
she competed at the 2003 World Championships without reaching the final.
Her personal best times are 8.03 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles, achieved in January 2002 in Moscow; and 12.80 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles, achieved in July 2002 in Rethimno. She also has 11.59 seconds in 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 ...
, achieved in May 2003 in Tel Aviv
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; and 23.15 seconds in 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 ...
, achieved in June 2002 in Belgrade.
See also
* List of Israeli records in athletics *List of Maccabiah records in athletics
The Maccabiah Games is a quadrennial event which began in 1932. Events at the Games are divided into two groups: track and field events (including sprints, middle- and long-distance running, hurdling, relays, and field events), and road running (i ...
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lenskiy, Irina 1971 births Living people Ukrainian female hurdlers Ukrainian female sprinters Israeli female hurdlers Israeli female sprinters Olympic athletes for Israel Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Israel World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine Ukrainian emigrants to Israel Jewish Israeli sportspeople Ukrainian Jews Jewish female athletes (track and field)