Elina Michina

Elina Michina
Full name	Elina Dmitrievna Michina
nation	Kazakhstan
birthday	16th July 1994 (age 26)
place of birth	Ridder , Kazakhstan
size	174 cm
Weight	65 kg
job	Student
Career
discipline	400 meter run
Best performance	52.09 s
Trainer	Lyubov Nikitenko
status	active
Medal table
Asian Games 0 × 1 × 2 × Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games 1 × 0 × 0 × Asian Championships 0 × 2 × 1 × Indoor Asian Championships 2 × 2 × 0 ×
Asian Games silver Jakarta 2018 4 × 400 m mixed 400 m bronze Jakarta 2018 400 m bronze Jakarta 2018 4 × 100 m Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games gold Ashgabat 2017 400 m Asian Championships bronze Wuhan 2015 4 × 400 m silver Doha 2019 400 m silver Doha 2019 4 × 100 m Indoor Asian Championships gold Hangzhou 2014 4 × 400 m silver Doha 2016 400 m gold Tehran 2018 4 × 400 m silver Tehran 2018 400 m
last change: July 29, 2019

Elina Dmitrijewna Michina ( Russian Элина Дмитриевна Михина , English transcription Elina Dmitriyevna Mikhina; born July 16, 1994 in Ridder ) is a Kazakh sprinter who specializes in the 400-meter distance .

Athletic career

Elina Michina gained her first experience in international championships at the 2010 Asian Youth Games in Singapore , where she won the silver medal over 400 meters and took fourth place in the Kazakh 4 x 400 meter relay. She then took part in the first-ever Youth Olympic Games, also in Singapore, where she finished second in the C final. She also took fifth place with the Kazakh sprint relay (1000 meters). At the World Youth Championships in 2011 near Lille , she was eliminated in the first round, as well as at the 2012 Junior World Championships in Barcelona with the 4 x 400 meter relay. In 2014 she was eliminated from the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea in the individual competition in the preliminary round and finished sixth in the relay. Before that, she won the gold medal with the Kazakh relay at the Asian Indoor Championships in Hangzhou . In 2015 she won the bronze medal with the relay at the Asian Championships in Wuhan .

In 2016 she won the silver medal over 400 meters behind the Bahraini Kemi Adekoya at the Asian Indoor Championships in Doha . She qualified for the first time for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she was eliminated over 400 meters in the first round. In 2017 she was eliminated from the Asian Championships in Bhubaneswar over 400 meters in the run and finished fourth with the Kazakh relay. In mid-August she reached the semi-finals over 400 meters at the World Student Games in Taipei . At the beginning of September she won the gold medal over 400 meters at the Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games in Ashgabat . She was disqualified with the 4 x 400 meter relay. In 2018 she took part in the Asian Indoor Championships in Tehran , where she again won the silver medal over 400 meters in 53.49 seconds, this time behind her compatriot Svetlana Golendowa . In addition, she won the gold medal with the Kazakh relay. So she qualified for the Indoor World Championships in Birmingham , where she was eliminated in the first round in the individual competition over 400 meters in 53.90 s and also with the Kazakh relay with 3: 40.54 min did not qualify for the final. At the end of August, she again took part in the Asian Games in Jakarta , where she won the bronze medal in the 400-meter run with 52.63 s . In addition, she took sixth place with the 4 x 400 meter relay. With the mixed relay and the 4 x 100 meter relay, she also won the bronze medal. In 2019, the Bahraini mixed relay was disqualified and the silver medal was awarded to Kazakhstan.

In spring 2019 she won the silver medal over 400 meters behind the Bahraini Salwa Eid Naser at the Asian Championships in Doha in 53.19 seconds . In addition, she won the silver medal behind the Chinese with the 4 x 100 meter relay in 43.36 seconds and reached fourth place with the mixed relay in 3: 20.73 minutes. At the Summer Universiade in Naples she reached the semifinals, in which she was eliminated with 52.41 s. With the relay she qualified for the World Championships in Doha, where she was eliminated with 43.79 s in the lead.

In 2013 and 2014 Michina became the Kazakh champion over 400 meters outdoors and in 2016 and 2018 indoors. In 2013 and 2016 she was the outdoor champion over 200 meters and in 2015 indoor. In 2018, she also won the title with the 4 x 100 meter relay of your club.

Personal bests

• 100 meters: 11.55 s (+0.3 m / s), July 26, 2019 in Almaty
  • 60 meters (hall): 7.71 s, February 14, 2015 in Öskemen
• 200 meters: 23.25 s (+0.3 m / s), July 5, 2016 in Almaty
  • 200 meters (hall): 23.66 s, January 30, 2016 in Öskemen
• 400 meters: 52.09 s, June 25, 2016 in Almaty
  • 400 meters (hall): 52.53 s, February 16, 2018 in Öskemen ( Kazakh record )

Web links

Commons : Elina Michina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Elina Michina in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Elina Michina in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )