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Tatyana Lebedeva
Tatyana Lebedeva (born July 21, 1976) is a Russian athlete.
Born in Volgograd, Tatyana competes on the world stage in both the long jump and triple jump disciplines.
In the finals of the 2004 World Indoor Championships, after equalling Ashia Hansens triple jump indoor world record with her first jump, Tatyana then improved on this twice finishing with a mark of 15.36 metres.
In 2004 for the second Summer Olympic Games in a row, Tatyana went into the triple jump competition as favourite but could only pick up a minor medal. This time she received the bronze which was one place lower that her silver medal won in Sydney fours years earlier.
In September, 2002 Tatyana gave birth to a daughter, whom she named Nastya.
Major achievements
- 1994
- World Junior Championships
- triple jump bronze medal
- World Junior Championships
- 1998
- IAAF World Cup - Johannesburg, South Africa.
- triple jump silver medal
- Goodwill Games - New York, United States.
- triple jump silver medal
- IAAF World Cup - Johannesburg, South Africa.
- 2000
- 2001
- 2003
- World Championships - Paris, France.
- triple jump gold medal
- 1st World Athletics Final - Monaco.
- triple jump first place
- Russian Indoor Championships
- triple jump gold medal
- World Championships - Paris, France.
- 2004
- Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece.
- triple jump silver medal.
- long jump gold medal
- World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary.
- triple jump gold medal in world record.
- long jump gold medal
- Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece.
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