Ekaterina Koneva

Ekaterina Koneva (Russian: Екатерина Конева; born 25 September 1988) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in the triple jump. She is a triple-time gold medalist at the Summer Universiade. Her personal best for the event is 14.82 m (48 ft 7 1⁄4 in).

Ekaterina Koneva
Koneva at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships.
Personal information
Born (1988-09-25) 25 September 1988
Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Russia
World Championships
2013 MoscowTriple jump
World Indoor Championships
2014 SopotTriple jump
Military World Games
2015 MungyeongLong jump
2015 MungyeongTriple jump
European Championships
2014 ZürichTriple jump
European Indoor Championships
2015 PrahaTriple Jump
Summer Universiade
2011 ShenzhenTriple jump
2013 KazanTriple jump
2015 GwangjuTriple jump

Career

Born in Khabarovsk in the Russian SFSR, she started out as a sprint and long jump specialist. She failed an in-competition doping test in February 2007 for excess testosterone and was banned from competition for two years.[1] She returned from the ban in 2009 and set personal bests of 11.76 seconds for the 100 metres and 23.89 seconds for the 200 metres. She switched to focus on the triple jump in 2010 and won the Russian under-23 title and came second at the under-23 Spartakiad.[2]

Koneva cleared fourteen metres for the first time in 2011 setting an indoor best of 14.18 metres at the Russian Indoor Athletics Championships. Two personal bests came in Bryansk, where she had 6.70 m in the long jump and 14.46 m in the triple jump.[3] She placed third at the Russian Athletics Championships before going on to take the gold medal at the Universiade.[2] At the start of 2012 she cleared a personal best of 14.60 m – a mark which ranked her tenth in the world for the triple jump that year.[4] She came third at the Russian indoor championships but fared less well outdoors, managing only tenth at the Russian Championships.[2]

Further improvements came in 2013: she won at the Russian team championships with a best of 14.80 m and she was runner-up at the 2013 European Team Championships.[5] She improved this by two centimetres to defend her triple jump title at the Universiade in Kazan, setting a Games record in the process.[6] She was also victorious at the Brothers Znamensky Memorial – one of the top annual meets in Russia.[2] She claimed her first win on the IAAF Diamond League circuit with a jump of 14.52 m at the London Grand Prix.

Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 1st 14.25 m
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 1st 14.82 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 2nd 14.81 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 1st 14.46 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 2nd 14.69 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Praha, Czech Republic 1st 14.69 m
Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 1st 14.60 m
World Championships Beijing, China 7th 14.37 m
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References
  1. Ekaterina Koneva. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
  2. Ekaterina Koneva. RusAthletics. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
  3. Ekaterina Koneva. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
  4. 2012 World Comprehensive List – Women Archived 2013-06-23 at the Wayback Machine. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
  5. Maryanchik, Natalia (2013-05-27). Special K stars at the Russian Team Champs; Kupina, Koneva and Klishina provide serial thrills. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
  6. van Kuijen, Hans (2013-07-12). Chernova shows great form with Heptathlon win at World University Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
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