Yevgeniy Ektov (born 1 September 1986, in Petropavlovsk) is a

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competes in the

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 ...

. He represented his country 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 ...

, and the

World Championships in Athletics The World Athletics Championships (until 2019 known as the World Championships in Athletics) are a biennial athletics competition organized by World Athletics (formerly IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations). Alongside the Ol ...

in 2009 and 2011. He was the triple jump

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list at the

2011 Asian Athletics Championships The 19th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Kobe, Japan between July 7–10, 2011 at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium. The tournament had 507 athletes from forty Asian nations competing in the 42 track and field events over the four- ...

and was runner-up at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

. Ektov has also won medals at the Asian Indoor Games and

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships were held for the first time in 2004 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, 2004. Run by the Asian Athletics Association, the championships take place biennially in different cities all over Asia.

. His personal best for the event was 17.07 metres, set in 2008, improved to 17.22, set in 2012 (

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, 1 July 2012). He is married to Irina Ektova.

Career

Ektov began his career as a junior and won the national junior indoor triple jump title in 2004. The following year he was the runner-up at the senior indoor and outdoor championships behind

Roman Valiyev Roman Valiyev (born 27 March 1984 in Russian SFSR in Orenburg) is a Russian-Kazakhstani triple jumper. He finished fourth at the 2005 Asian Championships and won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Game ...

. The 2005 season saw him improve his best jump to 16.31 m and he also made his first major international appearance, coming seventh at the

2005 Asian Athletics Championships The 2005 Asian Athletics Championships were the 16th edition of the international athletics competition between Asian nations. It was held in Incheon, South Korea between 1–4 September 2005. Results Men * The original bronze medalist, An ...

. He became the Kazakhstani national champion both indoor and outdoors in 2006,Yevgeniy Ektov
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 9 July 2011. but he was behind his rival Valiyev on the regional stage – at the

2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The 2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was an international indoor athletics event took place in Pattaya, Thailand, between 10 and 12 February. This was the first edition to be hosted in the country. A total of 24 nations sent athletes to c ...

Valiyev took gold while Ektov managed the

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receive ...

(his first podium finish at an Asia-level event). In the 2007 indoor season he set a personal best with a jump of 16.34 m, which brought him the bronze at the

2007 Asian Indoor Games The 2007 Asian Indoor Games, officially known as the 2nd Asian Indoor Games and also known as Macau 2007 were held in Macau, China from 26 October 2007 to 3 November 2007. Most events of the games took place at the Macao East Asian Games Dome. The ...

. Although he repeated as the national outdoor champion, he failed to record a mark at the Summer Universiade in Bangkok later that year. Ektov failed to make the podium at the

2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships The 2008 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships was an international indoor athletics event took place in Doha, Qatar, between 14 and 16 February. Results Men Women Medal table Participating nations A total of 29 nations were represented by ...

(ending up fifth), but achieved a significant improvement in his best on the 2008

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tour. At the meet in Korat, he won with a mark of 17.07 m, surpassing the 17-metre barrier for the first time. This made him Asia's third best triple jumper that year (behind China's

Li Yanxi Li Yanxi (; born June 26, 1984, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei) is a Chinese triple jumper. He won the silver medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships, finished fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup and won the 2006 Asian Games 6 (six) is the natur ...

and

Wu Bo Wu Bo (; 1906 – 21 February 2005) was a Chinese politician who served as Minister of Finance between 1978 and 1980. He was a delegate to the 8th and 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and a delegate to the 3rd National Peopl ...

), but because it was just short of the Olympic "A" standard Kazakhstan could only send one athlete to the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

and the more experienced Valiyev got the berth. The 2009 season marked a career progression: Ektov won the national title with a jump of 17 metres exactly and came sixth in a high quality international field at the

2009 Summer Universiade The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina (Serbian Autonomous Provin ...

. He represented his country on the global stage for the first time at the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15–23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenburg ...

, although he did not progress beyond the qualifying rounds. While fellow countryman Valiyev won at both the

2009 Asian Indoor Games The 2009 Asian Indoor Games ( vi, Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á 2009), officially the 3rd Asian Indoor Games ( vi, Đại hội Thể thao Trong nhà châu Á lần thứ 3) and also known as Vietnam 2009, were a pancontinential indoo ...

and the

2009 Asian Athletics Championships The 18th Asian Athletics Championships were held in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, China in 2009. Results Men's results Track Field Women's results Track Field Medal table Participating nations * (12) * (1) * ...

, Ektov also reached the podium at both events by taking the

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

indoors and a bronze outdoors. He won a further national title outdoors in 2010 with a wind-assisted 16.96 m and achieved his best legal jump of the season at his most important competition of the year – his clearance of 16.86 m brought him the silver at the

behind the home favourite Li Yanxi. The year after, Ektov claimed his first major triple jump title – beating both Li and Valiyev, he produced the third best jump of his career (16.91 m) to win the

at the

.Su Bingtian takes Asian 100m title in Kobe – Asian champs, Day 2
IAAF (9 July 2011). Retrieved on 9 July 2011.

Competition record

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