Irina Nikolaevna Belovea

Irina Nikolajewna Belowa ( Russian Ирина Николаевна Белова , English transcription Irina Belova ; born March 27, 1968 in Angarsk ) was a Russian heptathlete.

She was 1.75 m tall and had a competition weight of 61 kg.

Life

Irina Belowa won four international medals:

• SILVER at the XV. 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona

With 6845 points she was clearly behind Jackie Joyner-Kersee (gold with 7044 points) and just as clearly ahead of third-placed Sabine Braun (bronze with 6649 points)

• BRONZE at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo

with 6448 points behind Sabine Braun (gold with 6672 points) and the Romanian Liliana Năstase (silver with 6493 points)

• SILVER at the 1998 European Indoor Championships in Valencia

with 4631 points behind Polish Urszula Włodarczyk (gold with 4808 points) and ahead of German Karin Specht (bronze with 4523 points)

• SILVER at the 1999 World Indoor Championships in Maebashi

with 4691 points behind Le Shundra Nathan (USA) (gold with 4753 points) and in front of the Polish Urszula Włodarczyk (bronze with 4596 points)

Without winning a medal, she took part in two other European championships :

• 1990 in Split (4th place with 6521 points; Sabine Braun won with 6688 points)
• 1998 in Budapest (5th place with 6375 points; Briton Denise Lewis won with 6559 points)

At the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton , she came 8th with 6061 points ( Elena Prokhorova won with 6694 points). Then she ended her career.

In 1992 she won her only national championship (6523 points).

In 1993 she was banned for four years after a positive doping test.

Personal best

Heptathlon - 6845 pts (1992) 200-meter run - 23.34 s (1992) 400 meter run - 52.87 s (1991) 800 meter run - 2:02:06 min (2001) 100 m hurdles - 13.25 s (1992)

High jump - 1.88 m (1992) Long jump - 6.82 m (1992) Shot put - 14.12 m (2001) Javelin - 44.64 m (1999)

Web link

• Irina Belova in the database of World Athletics (English)