Nikol Rodomakina (Russian: Николь Родомакина, born 14 February 1993) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category T46

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and F46

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events. Between 2011 and 2013 Rodomakina was World, Paralympic and European champion in the F46 long jump.

Career history

Rodomakina competed in her first Summer Paralympics at the 2008 Games in

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. She entered both the women's 100 metres and 200 metres sprints in the T46 classification. She qualified for the finals for both events, but failed to medal in either finishing 5th in the 100m and 7th in the 200m. In 2011 Rodomakina entered the

2011 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Ove1000 athlet ...

in Christchurch, New Zealand. She took the silver in both her sprint events, the 100m and 200m T46 races. She also qualified for the F44/46 long jump and took the gold medal after posting a distance of 5.67m in her final jump. At the

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, Rodomakina competed in the 100 metres, 200 metres and the long jump. She won a silver medal in the women's 100 metres T46 event, but failed to reach the podium in the 200 metres, finishing one hundredth of a second behind bronze medalist Anrune Liebenberg of South Africa. She also continued her success in the long jump, this time competing in the F46 classification, again taking the gold medal. At the

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships was the biggest track and field competition for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Lyon, France, and lasted from 20 to 28 July. Around 1,100 athletes competed, ...

in Lyon she entered the 100m T46 sprint and the T46 long jump. She won silver in the sprint but successfully defended her long jump world title posting a personal best of 5.92m.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodomakina, Nikol 1993 births Living people Paralympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Russia Paralympic silver medalists for Russia Russian female sprinters Russian female long jumpers Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Sprinters with limb difference Long jumpers with limb difference Paralympic sprinters Paralympic long jumpers