Irina Ektova (née Litvinenko; born 8 January 1987, in

Petropavl Petropavl ( kk, Петропавл, Petropavl ) or Petropavlovsk () is a city on the Ishim River in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia. It is the capital of the North Kazakhstan Region. Population: 218,956. The city is also kno ...

ovsk) is a

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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. She is married to Yevgeniy Ektov. She competed at the

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, and

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without reaching the final. Her personal best jump is 14.48 metres, achieved in June 2011 in

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Competition record

References

* 1987 births Living people Kazakhstani female triple jumpers Olympic female triple jumpers Olympic athletes for Kazakhstan Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Kazakhstan Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners Kazakhstani people of Russian descent Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Petropavl 20th-century Kazakhstani women 21st-century Kazakhstani women {{Kazakhstan-athletics-bio-stub