Ksenija Balta (born 1 November 1986) is an Estonian
long jumper,
sprinter and
heptathlete. She won the long jump at the
.
Career
Balta finished 14th in
pentathlon
A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of t ...
at the
2005 European Indoor Championships and won the
bronze medal
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in
heptathlon
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 ...
at the
2005 European Junior Championships. She also competed in
long jump and
100 metres
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at the
2006 European Championships and in long jump at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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. She won the
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...
at the
2009 European Indoor Championships
The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena with a 6.87 meter jump in the fourth round.
Balta's personal best score in heptathlon is 6,180 points, achieved in July 2006 in
Arles; in long jump 6.87 meters, achieved in 2009 in
Turin (indoor) and in 2010 in
Tallinn (outdoor);
in 100 metres 11.47, achieved in 2006 in
Gothenburg
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; and in
200 metres
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23.05 in 2006 in Arles. She holds
national outdoor records in 100 metres, 200 metres and long jump. She also holds indoor national records in 50 metres, 60 m hurdles and long jump.
Her coach is
Andrei Nazarov
Andrei Viktorovich Nazarov (russian: Андрей Викторович Назаров; born May 22, 1974) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player and head coach of HC Sochi of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). He has formerly manage ...
.
Major competition record
References
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1986 births
Belarusian emigrants to Estonia
Living people
Athletes from Minsk
Estonian heptathletes
Estonian female sprinters
Estonian female long jumpers
Estonian people of Belarusian descent
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Estonia
Estonian sportswomen
World Athletics Championships athletes for Estonia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics