Irina Aleksandrovna Meleshina-Simagina (russian: Ирина Александровна Симагина) (born 25 May 1982, in
Ryazan
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) is a Russian
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 ...
er.
Simagina won the
silver medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics. She was then more or less away from the international scene the next two seasons. She did not start at the
2005 World Championships, despite having entered the competition, and gave birth to a daughter in the summer of 2006. She returned to competition in early 2007.
Her personal best jump is 7.27 metres, achieved in July 2004 in
Tula.
Performance Enhancement Drug Use
On April 24, 2012, The Russian athletics federation sanctioned Meleshina with a 2-year ban from competition retroacted to Feb. 21, 2012, following a positive drug test in February of the same year. Thus, eliminating her bid for the
2012 Olympic Summer Games
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London.
Achievements
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1982 births
Living people
Doping cases in athletics
Russian female long jumpers
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Russia
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Sportspeople from Ryazan
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade gold medalists for Russia
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