Olga Viktorovna Kaliturina
| Olga Viktorovna Kaliturina medal table |
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 Russia
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| World championships | ||
| silver | 1997 Athens | 1.96 m |
| European championships | ||
| bronze | 2002 Munich | 1.89 m |
| European Indoor Championships | ||
| bronze | 2000 Ghent | 1.96 m |
Olga Wiktorowna Kaliturina ( Russian Ольга Викторовна Калитурина ; born March 9, 1976 ) is a Russian high jumper .
In 1994 she became junior world champion. She celebrated the most important success of her career by winning the silver medal at the World Athletics Championships in Athens in 1997 . With a jumped height of 1.96 m, she shared second place with the same height Inha Babakowa behind the winner Hanne Haugland (1.99 m). In the same year Kaliturina became the Russian high jump champion.
In 2000 she was 1.96 m third at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Gent . In front of her were Kajsa Bergqvist (2.00 m) and Zuzana Hlavoňová (1.98 m). At the European Athletics Championships in Munich in 2002 , Kaliturina won another bronze medal. With 1.89 m she placed behind Kajsa Bergqvist (1.98 m) and Marina Kupzowa (1.92 m). The following year Kaliturina was only eleventh at the World Athletics Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis .
Olga Kaliturina is 1.80 m tall and has a competition weight of 60 kg. She is married to the long jumper Kirill Sossunow .
Top performances
Web links
- Olga Kaliturina in the database of World Athletics (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kaliturina, Olga Viktorovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Калитурина, Ольга Викторовна (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian high jumper |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1976 |