- Marina Kuptsova
-
Marina Kuptsova (born December 22, 1981 in Moscow) is a Russian high jumper who won a silver medal at the 2003 World Championships. She is also a former European indoor high jump champion. Her personal best jump of 2.02 metres was achieved in Hengelo in June 2003, a year when she also won the national championship.
She set a personal best of 2.00 m to win the 2002 Hochsprung mit Musik, and returned the following year with a season's best of 2.02 m to score a second victory.
She missed 2004 because of an Achilles tendon injury and spent the 2005 season trying to return to her best but she only managed 1.92 metres, which, however, was enough for a second place in the Russian championships.
Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1998 World Junior Championships Annecy, France 1st 2000 World Junior Championships Santiago de Chile 2nd 2002 European Indoor Championships Vienna, Austria 1st 2.03, indoor PB European Championships Munich, Germany 2nd 2003 World Championships Paris, France 2nd External links
- IAAF profile for Marina Kuptsova
European Indoor Champions in Women's High Jump 1970: Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT) • 1971: Milada Karbonová (TCH) • 1972: Rita Schmidt (DDR) • 1973: Jordanka Blagoeva (BUL) • 1974: Rosemarie Ackermann (DDR) • 1975: Rosemarie Ackermann (DDR) • 1976: Rosemarie Ackermann (DDR) • 1977: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1978: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1979: Andrea Mátay (ROU) • 1980: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1981: Sara Simeoni (ITA) • 1982: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) • 1983: Tamara Bykova (URS) • 1984: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG) • 1985: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) • 1986: Andrea Bienias (DDR) • 1987: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) • 1988: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) • 1989: Alina Astafei (ROU) • 1990: Heike Henkel (GER) • 1992: Heike Henkel (GER) • 1994: Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) • 1996: Alina Astafei (GER) • 1998: Monica Iagar (CZE) • 2000: Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE) • 2002: Marina Kuptsova (RUS) • 2005: Anna Chicherova (RUS) • 2007: Tia Hellebaut (BEL) • 2009: Ariane Friedrich (GER) • 2011: Antonietta Di Martino (ITA)
Categories:- Russian high jumpers
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Russia
- People from Moscow
- Russian athletics biography stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
