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Tatyana Romanovna Lebedeva (russian: Татьяна Романовна Лебедева, born 21 July 1976) is a Russian

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athlete who competes in both the

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and

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events. She is one of the most successful athletes in the disciplines, having won gold medals at

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and

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an levels. She has a long jump best of 7.33 m and held the then indoor world record mark of 15.36 m in the triple jump. In 2017 she was banned for doping.

Career

Her first successes came in the triple jump in 2000, when she won European Indoor gold medal and a

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at the

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. She became the

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the following year in addition to a silver medal at the world indoors. After retaining her triple jump title at the 2003 World Championships, she decided to take up the long jump as well. The move paid dividends: she broke the indoor world record in the triple jump at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and won a second gold in the long jump with a mark of 15.36. She won her first

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in the long jump event at the

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and also won the bronze in the triple jump competition. In 2005, she missed the

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due to injury, but became the sole winner of the

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jackpot, a bonus of US$1 million awarded to athletes who win their event at each of six designated European summer meets. That year, she concentrated on the triple jump. Lebedeva excelled at the 2005

, receiving the entire jackpot prize of

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1 million. She became European champion for the first time with a win at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in the triple jump. Lebedeva reached the podium twice at the 2007 World Championships taking long jump gold and triple jump silver. On 25 January 2017, the International Olympic Committee sanctioned Lebedeva for doping at the 2008 Olympic Games, as a result she lost her silver medals for both the long jump and triple jump events in that Games. Lebedeva appealed the IOC's decision to the

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, however on 26 July 2018, the IOC's decision was upheld. She won the long jump silver medal at the 2009 World Championships (her eighth medal on the world podium), although she could not match this form in the triple jump.

Personal life

In September 2002, Lebedeva and her husband Nikolay Matveev had their first daughter, Anastasiya. She announced that she was pregnant for a second time in 2010 (choosing to skip the 2011 season), and gave birth to a second daughter (Aleksandra) in November.

Personal bests

*All information taken from IAAF profile.

International competitions

National titles

* Russian Athletics Championships **Long jump: 2004 **Triple jump: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 *

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), w ...

Russian Indoor Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-09. **Long jump: 2004 **Triple jump: 2000, 2001, 2003

References

External links

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– in-depth IAAF article {{DEFAULTSORT:Lebedeva, Tatyana 1976 births Living people People from Sterlitamak Sportspeople from Volgograd Russian female long jumpers Russian female triple jumpers Olympic female long jumpers Olympic female triple jumpers Olympic athletes of Russia Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) 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 Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Universiade gold medalists for Russia Universiade gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Indoor Championships winners IAAF Continental Cup winners European Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Indoor Championships winners Russian Athletics Championships winners IAAF Golden League winners World Athletics indoor record holders Doping cases in athletics Russian sportspeople in doping cases Goodwill Games gold medalists in athletics Members of the Federation Council of Russia (after 2000)