Irina Simagina

Irina Alekseyevna Simagina ( _ru. Ирина Алексеевна Симагина) (born May 25 1982 in Ryazan) is a Russian long jumper.

She won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was then more or less away from the international scene the next two seasons. She did not start at the 2005 World Championships, despite having entered the competition, and gave birth to a daughter in the summer of 2006. [cite news |first=Nickolai |last=Dolgopolov |coauthors=Rostislav Orlov |title=Ukhov stuns with 2.39m leap in Moscow |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=37409.html |work=IAAF.org |date=29 January 2007 |accessdate=2007-07-18 ] She returned to competition in early 2007.

Her personal best jump is 7.27 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Tula.

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