Jelena Blaževica
Encyclopedia
Jeļena Blaževiča is a retired Latvia
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er. Her personal best jump was 14.55 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Riga
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Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
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Triple jump
The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...
er. Her personal best jump was 14.55 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Riga
Riga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
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Achievements
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| 1993 | World Championships 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Triple Jump These are the official results of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1993 IAAF World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 30 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Saturday August 21, 1993... |
Stuttgart, Germany | 10th | |
| 1995 | World Championships 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Triple Jump These are the official results of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1995 IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Thursday August 10, 1995.... |
Gothenburg, Sweden | 9th | |
| 1996 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:... |
Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... |
8th | |
| 1997 | World Championships 1997 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Triple Jump These are the official results of the Women's Triple Jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 41 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Monday August 4, 1997... |
Athens, Greece | 7th | |