Inessa Mykolajivna Kravets (née Shulyak, uk, Інеса Миколаївна Кравець; born 5 October 1966) is a Ukrainian former

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er and

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er. She was among the most prominent female triple jumpers during the period that the event was added to competition programmes at major competitions, and she was the world record holder, until the 2021 Olympics when

Yulimar Rojas Yulimar Rojas Rodríguez (Venezuelan ; also known as Yolimar Rojas; born 21 October 1995) is a Venezuelan athlete who holds the world record for women's triple jump, at . She is the current Olympic champion, a three-time World Champion ( 2017 L ...

broke her record. Her record was one of the most durable in women's athletics.

Career

Born in Dnipropetrovsk, her breakthrough in the triple jump came in 1991 when she broke the

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with a clearance of 14.95 metres in June. Her first major medals came in 1992. At the inaugural appearance of the women's triple jump at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships she won the gold medal. Later that year at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

she claimed the long jump silver as part of the Unified Team. She followed this with a gold medal at the first women's triple jump at the

1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 4th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Skydome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from March 12 to March 14, 1993. It was the last Indoor Championships to feature the 5,000 and 3,000 metres race walk events. In addition, i ...

, but due to a doping ban she did not compete at the debut of the event at the

1993 World Championships in Athletics The 4th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Neckarstadium, Stuttgart, Germany between 13 and 22 August with the participation of 187 nations. Having ori ...

, where Russia's Anna Biryukova took the title. In 1994 she won the long jump at the

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and doubled up at the 1994 European Athletics Championships to take long jump silver and triple jump bronze. She jumped the world record at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg with 15.50 metres after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards. The following year she won the Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, becoming the first ever women's champion in the triple jump.

Ban and suspension

In 1993, Kravets was banned three months for use of stimulants. Kravets was suspended for two years in July 2000 after testing positive for a performance-enhancing steroid.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kravets, Inessa 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Dnipro Soviet female long jumpers Soviet female triple jumpers Ukrainian female triple jumpers Ukrainian female long jumpers Olympic athletes of the Unified Team Olympic athletes of Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Doping cases in athletics Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union CIS Athletics Championships winners Soviet Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games

Career

Ban and suspension

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