Yelena Lebedenko is a retired Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

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Heptathlon

A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...

 and triple jump

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...

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In the heptathlon she won the bronze medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships

1996 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

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, finished eighteenth at the 1995 World Championships

1995 World Championships in Athletics

The 5th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held at the Ullevi Stadium, Gothenburg, Sweden between August 5 and August 13.This edition featured 1804 athletes from 191 nations....

 and seventeenth at the 1996 Olympic Games

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's heptathlon

These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.-Medalists:-Final classification:-References:* *...

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She then changed event to the triple jump, where she finished sixth at the 1999 World Indoor Championships

1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships

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. Her personal best jump was 14.41 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Vilamoura

Vilamoura

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Lebedenko represented Russia in the LWT television series International Gladiators

International Gladiators 2

International Gladiators 2 was filmed in the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham during 1995 and was broadcast on ITV in 1996, the second series of Gladiators using the International moniker...

held in Birmingham in 1995 and broadcast in the UK in 1996. She reached the semi-final stage where she was forced to retire injured.