Ekaterina Koneva (russian: Екатерина Конева; born 25 September 1988) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. She is a triple-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade. Her personal best for the event is .

Career

Born in

Khabarovsk Khabarovsk ( rus, Хабaровск, a=Хабаровск.ogg, r=Habárovsk, p=xɐˈbarəfsk) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative centre of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia,Law #109 located from the China ...

in the Russian SFSR, she started out as a

sprint Sprint may refer to: Aerospace *Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design *Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile Automotive and motorcycle *Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989 *Chevrolet Sprint, ...

and long jump specialist. She failed an in-competition doping test in February 2007 for excess testosterone and was banned from competition for two years. She returned from the ban in 2009 and set personal bests of 11.76 seconds for the

100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

and 23.89 seconds for the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

. She switched to focus on the triple jump in 2010 and won the Russian under-23 title and came second at the under-23 Spartakiad.Ekaterina Koneva
RusAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. Koneva cleared fourteen metres for the first time in 2011 setting an indoor best of 14.18 metres at the

Russian Indoor Athletics Championships The Russian Indoor Athletics Championships (russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике в помещении) is an annual indoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), ...

. Two personal bests came in Bryansk, where she had 6.70 m in the long jump and 14.46 m in the triple jump.Ekaterina Koneva
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. She placed third at the

Russian Athletics Championships The Russian Athletics Championships (russian: Чемпионат России по лёгкой атлетике) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF), which serves as the Russian ...

before going on to take the

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

at the Universiade. At the start of 2012 she cleared a personal best of 14.60 m – a mark which ranked her tenth in the world for the triple jump that year. She came third at the Russian indoor championships but fared less well outdoors, managing only tenth at the Russian Championships. Further improvements came in 2013: she won at the Russian team championships with a best of 14.80 m and she was runner-up at the

2013 European Team Championships The 2013 European Athletics Team Championships was the 4th edition of European Athletics Team Championships, first named ''European Athletics Team Championships'' and not only ''European Team Championships'' as from the 1st edition ( Leiria 2009) ...

. She improved this by two centimetres to defend her triple jump title at the Universiade in Kazan, setting a Games record in the process.van Kuijen, Hans (2013-07-12)
Chernova shows great form with Heptathlon win at World University Games
IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29. She was also victorious at the

Brothers Znamensky Memorial The Brothers Znamensky Memorial (russian: Мемориал братьев Знаменских) is an annual track and field competition which is held at the Meteor Stadium in Zhukovsky, Russia. The event is held in memory of Seraphim and Georgy ...

– one of the top annual meets in Russia. She claimed her first win on the IAAF Diamond League circuit with a jump of 14.52 m at the London Grand Prix.

International competitions

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koneva, Ekaterina 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Khabarovsk Russian female triple jumpers Russian female long jumpers Russian female sprinters FISU World University Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases

Career

International competitions

See also

References

External links