Yelena Sokolova (long jumper)
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

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 ...
. 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 ...
*
List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women) This is a complete list of women's medalists of the European Athletics Indoor Championships. 60 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 3000 metres 60 metres hurdles 4 × 400 metres relay High jump Long jump Triple jump ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sokolova, Yelena 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