Yana Maksimava
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Yana Maksimava (Belarusian: Яна Максімава; born 9 January 1989)[1] is a Lithuanian-Belarusian heptathlete. She was born in Vilnius, the capital of the then Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. She is married to fellow Belarusian athlete Andrei Krauchanka. Amid the forced repatriation and subsequent defection of Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, Maksimava announced that she and her husband would also not be returning to Belarus and would seek asylum in Germany, where the couple trains.[3][4][5]
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Full name | Yana Maksimava |
Born | (1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 (age 35)[1] Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR[1] |
Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)[2] |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb)[2] |
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Country | Belarus |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Heptathlon |
Updated on 4 August 2012. |
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