Tatiana Ivanovna Schikolenko

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Tatyana Ivanovna Schikolenko ( Russian Татьяна Ивановна Шиколенко ., English transcription Tatyana Shikolenko, also Belarusian Таццяна Шыкаленка - Tazzjana Schykalenka - Tatsiana Shykalenka * 10. May 1968 in Krasnodar ) is a former javelin thrower who until 1991 for the Soviet Union , in 1992 for the Community Independent States , ran for Belarus from 1993 to 1995 and then for Russia .

Fifth in the 1985 European Junior Championships and fourth in the 1986 Junior World Championships, she showed early on that she was at least as talented as her sister Natallja Schykalenka, who was four years older than her . At the Goodwill Games 1990 Tatjana took second place behind her sister. In 1991 she won the Universiade .

At the World Championships 1993 in Stuttgart both competed Schikolenko sisters for Belarus. Behind Trine Hattestad (Norway) and Karen Forkel (Germany) Schikolenko finished third with 65.64 meters, ahead of Tatjana with 65.18 meters.

In 1997 Tatjana Schikolenko, starting for Russia from now on, was eighth with 63.78 meters. She won the first medal at the European Championships in 1998 when she was second behind the German Tanja Damaske with 66.92 meters . Her best performance with the old spear of 67.34 meters was also achieved in 1998.

With the new spear from 1999 she got along well straight away. At the 1999 World Championships she was second behind Mirela Tzelili (Greece) with 66.37 meters . In 2000 she achieved the longest throw with the new javelin when she threw a Russian record of 67.20 meters. But she was only seventh with 62.91 meters at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. At the 2001 World Championships she failed with ninth place in the preliminary fight, with 60.91 meters she missed the final fight of the best eight by ten centimeters.

The following year, Tatiana Schikolenko was fourth at the European Championships in 2002 with 63.24 meters . At the World Championships in 2003 she managed to win silver for the second time after 1999 with 63.28 meters, again behind Mirela Maniani-Tzelili.

With a height of 1.77 m, her competition weight was 74 kg. From 1997 to 2001 and 2003 she won the Russian championship in javelin throw.

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SURNAME Schikolenko, Tatiana Ivanovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Шиколенко, Татьяна Ивановна; Shikolenko, Tatyana; Шыкаленка, Таццяна; Schykalenka, Tazzjana; Shykalenka, Tatsiana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian-Russian javelin thrower
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Krasnodar