Tatyana Efimenko (russian: Татьяна Александровна Ефименко; born 2 January 1981 in Frunze, Kyrgyz SSR) is a female

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er from

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. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Rome. She won the bronze medal at the

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and finished fifth at the

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. She competed at the World Championships in

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and

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without reaching the finals there. At the Olympic Games she exited in the qualifying round in

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and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

, failing to clear the opening height in the former. On the regional level she won the Asian Championships in 2002 and 2005 as well as the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

. She took the silver medal at the

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* 1981 births Living people Kyrgyzstani female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Kyrgyzstan Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Sportspeople from Bishkek Kyrgyzstani people of Ukrainian descent World Athletics Championships athletes for Kyrgyzstan Asian Games gold medalists for Kyrgyzstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kyrgyzstan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Athletics Championships winners 21st-century Kyrgyzstani women 21st-century Kyrgyzstani people {{Kyrgyzstan-athletics-bio-stub