Viyaleta Maksimauna Skvartsova ( be, Віялета Максімаўна Скварцова; born 15 April 1998) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian athlete specialising in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. She represented her country at the 2021 European Indoor Championships finishing fourth. Earlier she won a bronze medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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 gr ...

– 6.37 (+0.4 m/s, Brest 2020) *

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

– 14.17 (-0.3 m/s, Brest 2020) Indoor *

– 6.56 (Tartu 2020) *

– 14.39 (Toruń 2021)

Protest over misplayed anthem

At the Medal Ceremony at the 2017 European U20 Championships, Skvartsova stood down from the podium when the anthem of

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was played instead of the anthem of Belarus. Skvartsova waited for the flag to be raised, and then walked some distance from the podium, and waited in silent protest for the music to finish. After the music stopped, she spoke with officials, who appeared to ask her to take part in the remainder of the ceremony, which Skvartsova politely declined to do.

References

1998 births Living people Belarusian female triple jumpers Belarusian female long jumpers Sportspeople from Vitebsk Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Belarus {{Belarus-athletics-bio-stub