Yolanda Chen (russian: Иоланда Чен; born July 26, 1961 in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) is a retired

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n athlete. She started as a pentathlete, but decided to specialize in

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 ...

. In 1988, she achieved a personal best of 7.16 metres, a good result, but from 1992 she switched to

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 ...

instead, a relatively new event for women. Inspired by her father Yevgeniy Chen, who was among the world elite in the 1950s, she managed to jump 13.72 metres in 1992. Her great-grandfather was Eugene Chen. In 1993, she improved to 14.97 metres, a new outdoor record which would also remain her personal best. Her record was beaten at the World Championships the same year by fellow Russian

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, who jumped 15.09m. In 1995, Chen appeared at the World Indoor Championships and won the gold medal with 15.03 metres, a new world indoor record, beating the prior record of 14.47m. She finished 11th at the World Championships the same year. Chen married pole vaulter

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. She now works as a commentator for the Russian

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. In 2023, she suggested postponing the

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to 2025 because of controversies surrounding Russia's participation.ИОЛАНДА ЧЕН ПРЕДЛОЖИЛА ГЛАВЕ МОК ПЕРЕНЕСТИ ОЛИМПИАДУ В ПАРИЖЕ НА 2025 ГОД ИЗ-ЗА СИТУАЦИИ В МИРЕ
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