Viktoriya Valyukevich
Personal information
Born (1982-05-22) 22 May 1982
Sochi, Soviet Union[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportAthletics
EventTriple jump
Updated on 15 August 2012.

Viktoriya Gurova-Valyukevich (Russian: Виктория Валюкевич, née Гурова, Gurova; born 22 May 1982) is a Russian triple jumper.

Career

She won the silver medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade, the gold medal at the 2005 European Indoor Championships and finished tenth at the 2005 World Championships. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games without reaching the finals. In 2008, she reached the Olympic final, finishing in 7th.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics she reached the final of the triple jump, finishing in 8th position.[3] On 30 March 2017, she was disqualified, and her 2012 Olympics results were annulled, after her second probe came positive for banned substances.[4]

Her personal best jump is 14.85 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kazan. The Russian record is currently held by Tatyana Lebedeva with 15.34 metres.

She is married to Slovak triple jumper Dmitrij Vaľukevič.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Russia
2001 European Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 3rd 13.68 m
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 14.37 m (wind: 1.4 m/s)
Universiade Daegu, South Korea 2nd 14.14 m
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 21st (q) 14.04 m
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 1st 14.74 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 10th 13.96 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 7th 14.77 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 10th (q) 14.00 m
Olympic Games London, Great Britain DQ 14.24 m

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viktoriya Valyukevich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  2. ↑ "Beijing 2008: Athletics—Triple Jump Women Final". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  3. ↑ "London 2012: Athletics—Triple Jump Women Final". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2014-11-14.
  4. ↑ "IOC disqualifies four Russians from London Olympics over doping". Thomson Reuters. 30 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.


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