2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Women's Triple Jump
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Medalists

Gold
Yargelis Savigne
Yargelis Savigne
Yargelis Savigne Herrera is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump events at the 2005 World Championships, won a silver medal and finished fourth, respectively...

 
Silver
Hrysopiyí Devetzí
Hrysopiyí Devetzí
Hrysopiyi "Pigi" Devetzi in Alexandroupoli is a former Greek athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with 15.25 and the triple jump bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with 15.23. At the 2004 Summer Olympics...

 
Bronze
Marija Šestak
Marija Šestak
Marija Šestak is a Slovenian triple jumper. She switched nationality from Serbia on 13 July 2006....

 

Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 14.30m or at least best 8 qualified
Pos |Athlete |Country |Mark |Q |Attempts
1 2 3
1 Hrysopiyí Devetzí
Hrysopiyí Devetzí
Hrysopiyi "Pigi" Devetzi in Alexandroupoli is a former Greek athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with 15.25 and the triple jump bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with 15.23. At the 2004 Summer Olympics...

 
14.63 Q 14.63
2 Yargelis Savigne
Yargelis Savigne
Yargelis Savigne Herrera is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump events at the 2005 World Championships, won a silver medal and finished fourth, respectively...

 
14.56 Q 13.93 14.25 14.56
3 Marija Šestak
Marija Šestak
Marija Šestak is a Slovenian triple jumper. She switched nationality from Serbia on 13 July 2006....

 
14.46 Q 13.75 14.46
4 Yamilé Aldama
Yamilé Aldama
Yamilé Aldama Pozo is a Cuban-born triple jumper currently competing for Great Britain after formerly representing Cuba and Sudan.Aldama was born in Havana, Cuba, and initially represented her country of birth...

 
14.38 SB Q 14.02 14.07 14.38
5 Olha Saladukha  14.34 Q 14.16 14.34
6 Olesya Bufalova
Olesya Bufalova
Olesya Aleksandrovna Zabara is a Russian triple jumper.She finished fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and second at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She finished tenth at the 2007 World Championships.In 2008 she improved her personal indoor best to 14.54 metres in Tula...

 
14.26 q X 14.10 14.26
7 Xie Limei
Xie Limei
Xie Limei is a Chinese triple jumper.She won the silver medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships and gold medals at the 2005 Asian Championships and the 2006 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2006 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final...

 
14.25 q 14.02 14.25 12.04
8 Olga Rypakova
Olga Rypakova
Olga Rypakova is a Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007...

 
14.20 q X 14.20 14.01
9 Teresa Nzola Meso  14.17 13.99 14.17 14.10
10 Adelina Gavrila
Adelina Gavrila
Adelina Gavrilă is a Romanian triple jumper.She was a bronze medalist at the 1996 World Junior Championships. In 1998 she broke the 14-metre barrier for the first time, with 14.53 metres...

 
14.11 14.11 14.05 14.11
11 Anna Pyatykh
Anna Pyatykh
Anna Viktorovna Pyatykh is a professional Russian triple jumper. She has won the SPAR European Cup four consecutive times, won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki and has also competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics.In 2006 she finished second at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor...

 
13.99 X 13.99 13.68
12 Biljana Topic
Biljana Topic
Biljana Topić is a Serbian triple jumper.-Career:She competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final...

 
13.97 13.97 13.78 13.69
13 Patricia Sarrapio  13.86 X X 13.86
14 Cristina Bujin
Cristina Bujin
Cristina Bujin is a Romanian triple jumper.She was born in Constanța. She was a prolific competitor at youth and junior events in her early career. She finished fifth in the long jump at the 2003 World Youth Championships...

 
13.78 13.35 13.78 X
15 Athanasia Perra
Athanasia Perra
Athanasia Perra is a Greek triple jumper.She finished tenth at the 2002 World Junior Championships. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2005 World Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....

 
13.61 13.61 X X
16 Shani Marks
Shani Marks
Shani Marks is an American athlete who competes in the triple jump. Marks finished first at the U.S...

 
13.33 13.27 X 13.33
17 Kaire Leibak
Kaire Leibak
Kaire Leibak is an Estonian triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.43 metres, achieved at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing. This is also the Estonian record.-Achievements:-References:...

 
13.32 13.22 13.27 13.32
18 Tânia da Silva  13.03 X 13.03 X

Final

Pos |Athlete |Country |Mark |Attempts
1 2 3 4 5 6
Yargelis Savigne
Yargelis Savigne
Yargelis Savigne Herrera is a Cuban athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.Her international breakthrough came in 2005, when she, competing in both the triple and long jump events at the 2005 World Championships, won a silver medal and finished fourth, respectively...

 
15.0 AR 14.89 14.44 14.68 14.58 14.60 15.05
Hrysopiyí Devetzí
Hrysopiyí Devetzí
Hrysopiyi "Pigi" Devetzi in Alexandroupoli is a former Greek athlete competing in the triple jump and long jump.She won the triple jump silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics with 15.25 and the triple jump bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics with 15.23. At the 2004 Summer Olympics...

 
15.00 NR 14.93 14.83 X 15.00 X 14.91
Marija Šestak
Marija Šestak
Marija Šestak is a Slovenian triple jumper. She switched nationality from Serbia on 13 July 2006....

 
14.68 14.60 14.68 X 14.65 X X
4 Olga Rypakova
Olga Rypakova
Olga Rypakova is a Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007...

 
14.58 AR X X 14.18 14.35 14.48 14.58
5 Yamilé Aldama
Yamilé Aldama
Yamilé Aldama Pozo is a Cuban-born triple jumper currently competing for Great Britain after formerly representing Cuba and Sudan.Aldama was born in Havana, Cuba, and initially represented her country of birth...

 
14.47 SB 14.35 12.29 14.47 14.37 14.30 14.20
6 Olha Saladukha  14.32 14.32 14.19 14.04 14.13 12.51 14.22
7 Olesya Bufalova
Olesya Bufalova
Olesya Aleksandrovna Zabara is a Russian triple jumper.She finished fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and second at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. She finished tenth at the 2007 World Championships.In 2008 she improved her personal indoor best to 14.54 metres in Tula...

 
14.31 14.24 13.09 14.02 14.24 14.31 14.11
8 Xie Limei
Xie Limei
Xie Limei is a Chinese triple jumper.She won the silver medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships and gold medals at the 2005 Asian Championships and the 2006 Asian Games. She also competed at the 2006 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final...

14.13 13.84 14.13 12.47 14.06 14.07 13.68
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