Marina Aitova

Marina Aitova

Marina Aitova, née Korzhova (born 13 September 1982 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakhstani high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.99 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Athens.

She made her first appearances on the world stage in 2003, competing at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, but she did not get beyond the qualifiers in either competition. Aitova represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but again she failed to progress beyond the qualifying round. She competed at the 2007 World Championships and finished seventh in the final. In 2008 she took fifth place in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics and attended the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing tenth overall. She made her second World Championships appearance at 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but did not make the final cut. She won the gold at the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, equalling the championship record of 1.93 metres.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th
2000	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	9th
	Asian Championships	Djakarta, Indonesia	2nd
2002	Asian Games	Busan, South Korea	2nd=
	Asian Championships	Colombo, Sri Lanka	3rd
2003	Afro-Asian Games	Hyderabad, India	1st
2006	World Cup	Athens, Greece	3rd
	Asian Games	Doha, Qatar	1st
2007	World Student Games	Bangkok, Thailand	1st
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	5th

External links

• IAAF profile for Marina Aitova

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Name	Aitova, Marina
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Date of birth	13 September 1982
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