Marina Aitowa

Marina Aitowa
Marina Aitowa 2008
Full name	Marina Alexandrovna Aitova
nation	Kazakhstan
birthday	September 13, 1982
place of birth	Karagandy ,  Kazakh SSR , USSR
size	177 cm
Weight	58 kg
Career
discipline	high jump
Best performance	1.99 m
National squad	since 2000
status	active
Medal table
Asian Games / Afro-Asian Games 2 × 1 × 0 × Asian Championships 0 × 1 × 1 × Universiade 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Asian Games silver 2002 Busan high jump gold 2006 Doha high jump Afro-Asian Games gold 2003 Hyderabad high jump Asian Championships silver 2000 Jakarta high jump bronze 2002 Colombo high jump Athletics World Cup bronze 2006 Athens Long jump Summer Universiade gold 2007 Bangkok high jump
last change: September 19, 2012

Marina Alexandrovna Aitowa , b. Korschowa ( Russian Марина Александровна Аитова (Коржова) , English transcription Marina Aleksandrovna Aitova (Korzhova) ; born September 13, 1982 in Qaraghandy , Kazakh SSR , USSR ) is a Kazakh high jumper of Russian origin.

At the 2003 World Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, she was eliminated in qualifying. In 2006 she won gold at the Asian Games in Doha .

In 2007 she won gold at the Universiade and was seventh at the World Championships in Osaka , in 2008 she was fifth at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia and tenth at the Olympic Games in Beijing . A preliminary round at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin was followed by seventh place at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , she was eliminated in qualifying because she did not jump over the starting height.

Personal best

• High jump: 1.99 m, July 13, 2009, Athens (Asian record)
  • Hall: 1.96 m, January 30, 2008, Cottbus

Web links

• Marina Aitova in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Marina Aitowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )