Anna Iljuštšenko (born 12 October 1985 in

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) is an

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er.

Biography

She finished ninth at the

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with a jump of 1.80 metres. She competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships (result 1.75 m), the 2006 European Championships (result 1.87 m), the

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(result 1.89 m), the 2009 European Indoor Championships (result 1.85 m), the 2009 World Championships (result 1.89 m) and the 2010 World Indoor Championships (result 1.89 m) and 2011 European Indoor Championships (result 1.89 m) without reaching the final round. On several of these and the other occasions where she failed to reach the finals, she missed out due to countback. She reached the final of the 2011 World Championships, finishing in 12th place with a jump of 1.89 m, and also the final of the 2010 European Championships, finishing in 11th place with a jump of 1.85 m. Following that however, she failed to reach the final in the 2012 World Indoor Championships (result 1.88 m), the

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(result 1.90 m), the 2012 European Championships (result 1.87 m), the 2013 World Championships (result 1.88 m) and the 2014 World Indoor Championships (result 1.88 m). She reached the final of the 2013 European Indoor Championships, narrowly missing out on a medal and finishing in 4th place with a jump of 1.92 m. Her personal best jump is 1.96 metres, achieved on 9 August 2011 in

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(national record). Her indoor best is 1.94, achieved on 2 February 2013 in

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(national record). Her trainer for a long time was Martin Kutman.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Iljustsenko, Anna 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Sillamäe Estonian female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Estonia Estonian people of Russian descent Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Championships athletes for Estonia FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Estonia Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade