Marina Aitova

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

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