Yelena Aleksandrovna Sokolova (russian: Елена Александровна Соколова; born 23 July 1986 in
Belgorod
Belgorod ( rus, Белгород, p=ˈbʲeɫɡərət) is a city and the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River north of the border with Ukraine. Population: Demographics
The population of Be ...
) is a Russian
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 ...
er.
She finished fifth at the
2007 European Indoor Championships,
and won the silver medal at the
2007 Summer Universiade
The 2007 Summer Universiade officially known as the XXIV Summer Universiade and commonly known as Bangkok Universiade, was an international Multi-sport event, multi-sport for university athletes that took place from 8 to 18 August 2007 in Bangkok, ...
.
In 2009, she won the silver medal at the
2009 European Indoor Championships
The 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin, Italy, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto indoor arena with an indoor personal best of 6.84 metres. She subsequently competed at the
2009 World Championships without reaching the final, and she finished second at the
2009 World Athletics Final
The 7th IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki, Greece on September 12 and September 13, 2009. The competition represented the culmination of the 2009 IAAF World Athletics Tour, a selection of athletics mee ...
.
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In August 2012, she won the silver medal at the ]2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
with a personal best jump of 7.07 metres.[
]
International competitions
See also
*List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in athletics.
Women’s events
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
800 metres
1500 metres
5000 metres
10,000 metres
Marathon
100 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
3000 met ...
*List of 2012 Summer Olympics medal winners
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, were held in London, United Kingdom, from 25 July 2012 to 12 August 2012.
Approximately 10,500 athletes participated in 302 events in 26 sports. Athletes from the Unite ...
*Long jump at the Olympics
The long jump at the Summer Olympics is grouped among the four track and field jumping events held at the multi-sport event. The men's long jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The wom ...
*
References
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1986 births
Living people
People from Belgorod
Sportspeople from Belgorod Oblast
Russian female long jumpers
Olympic female long jumpers
Olympic athletes of Russia
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade silver medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
European Games gold medalists for Russia
European Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia
Authorised Neutral Athletes at the World Athletics Championships
Russian Athletics Championships winners
Diamond League winners