Tatyana Lebedeva

Not to be confused with Ukrainian alpine skier Tetiana Lebedeva.

Tatyana Romanovna Lebedeva (Russian: Татьяна Романовна Лебедева, born 21 July 1976) is a Russian track and field athlete who competes in both the long jump and triple jump events. She is one of the most successful athletes in the disciplines, having won gold medals at Olympic, world and European levels. She has a long jump best of 7.33 m and held the then indoor world record mark of 15.36 m in the triple jump. In 2017 she was banned for doping. ^[1]

Tatyana Lebedeva

Lebedeva in 2013
Personal information
Born	(1976-07-21) 21 July 1976 (age 49) Sterlitamak, Bashkir ASSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Long jump, triple jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	LJ – 7.33 m (2004) TJ – 15.36 m(i) (2004)[1][2]
Medal record Representing  Russia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 1 World Championships 3 1 0 World Indoor Championships 3 1 0 European Championships 1 0 0 European Indoor Championships 1 0 0 World Junior Championships 0 0 1 Total 9 3 2 Olympic Games 2004 Athens Long jump 2000 Sydney Triple jump Disqualified 2008 Beijing Triple jump Disqualified 2008 Beijing Long jump 2004 Athens Triple jump World Championships 2001 Edmonton Triple jump 2003 Paris Triple jump 2007 Osaka Long jump 2007 Osaka Triple jump Disqualified 2009 Berlin Long jump World Indoor Championships 2004 Budapest Triple jump 2004 Budapest Long jump 2006 Moscow Triple jump 2001 Lisbon Triple jump European Championships 2006 Gothenburg Triple jump European Indoor Championships 2000 Ghent Triple jump World Junior Championships 1994 Lisbon Triple jump
Updated on 20 February 2014

Celebrating victory in Osaka in 2007.

Lebedeva leaping at the Berlin World Championships in 2009.

Career

Her first successes came in the triple jump in 2000, when she won European Indoor gold medal and a silver at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. She became the World Champion the following year in addition to a silver medal at the world indoors. After retaining her triple jump title at the 2003 World Championships, she decided to take up the long jump as well. The move paid dividends: she broke the indoor world record in the triple jump at the 2004 World Indoor Championships and won a second gold in the long jump with a mark of 15.36. She won her first Olympic gold medal in the long jump event at the 2004 Athens Olympics and also won the bronze in the triple jump competition.^[3]

In 2005, she missed the World Championships due to injury, but became the sole winner of the IAAF Golden League jackpot, a bonus of US$1 million awarded to athletes who win their event at each of six designated European summer meets. That year, she concentrated on the triple jump.^[1]

Lebedeva excelled at the 2005 IAAF Golden League, receiving the entire jackpot prize of US$1 million. She became European champion for the first time with a win at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in the triple jump. Lebedeva reached the podium twice at the 2007 World Championships taking long jump gold and triple jump silver.

On 25 January 2017, the International Olympic Committee sanctioned Lebedeva for doping at the 2008 Olympic Games, as a result she lost her silver medals for both the long jump and triple jump events in that Games.^[4] Lebedeva appealed the IOC's decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, however on 26 July 2018, the IOC's decision was upheld.

She won the long jump silver medal at the 2009 World Championships (her eighth medal on the world podium), although she could not match this form in the triple jump.^[1]

Personal life

In September 2002, Lebedeva and her husband Nikolay Matveev had their first daughter, Anastasiya. She announced that she was pregnant for a second time in 2010 (choosing to skip the 2011 season),^[5] and gave birth to a second daughter (Aleksandra) in November.^[6]

Personal bests

Type	Event	Best	Location	Date	Notes
Outdoor	Long jump	7.33 m	Tula, Russia	31 July 2004	8th of all time
	Triple jump	15.34 m	Heraklion, Greece	4 July 2004	3rd of all time
Indoor	Long jump	6.98 m	Budapest, Hungary	7 March 2004
	Triple jump	15.36 m	Budapest, Hungary	6 March 2004

• All information taken from IAAF profile.

International competitions

Representing  Russia

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result	Notes
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	10th	Long jump	6.22 m	wind: +1.9 m/s
			3rd	Triple jump	13.62 m	wind: +0.7 m/s
1998	IAAF World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	2nd	Triple jump	14.36 m
	Goodwill Games	New York City, United States	2nd	Triple jump	14.14 m
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	Triple jump	14.25 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	Triple jump	14.55 m
	Grand Prix Final	Munich, Germany	3rd	Triple jump	14.66 m
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	2nd	Triple jump	15.00 m
	European Cup	Gateshead, United Kingdom	1st	Triple jump	14.98 m
	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	1st	Triple jump	14.68 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	1st	Triple jump	15.25 m
	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd	Triple jump	14.85m
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	1st	Triple jump	14.58 m
	European Cup	Bremen, Germany	1st	Triple jump	14.89 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th (q2)	Triple jump	14.09 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	1st	Triple jump	15.18 m
	World Athletics Final	Monaco	1st	Triple jump	15.13 m
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	3rd	Triple jump	15.14 m
			1st	Long jump	7.07 m
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	Triple jump	15.36 m	WRi
			1st	Long jump	6.98 m
	World Athletics Final	Monaco	2nd	Triple jump	14.96 m
2005	IAAF Golden League	Various	1st	Triple jump		Won US$1 million jackpot
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	Triple jump	15.15 m	CR
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	1st	Long jump	7.03 m
			2nd	Triple jump	15.07 m
2008	Summer Olympics	Beijing, China	DSQ (2nd)	Long jump	7.03 m
			DSQ (2nd)	Triple jump	15.32 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	DSQ (6th)	Triple jump	14.37 m
			DSQ (2nd)	Long jump	6.97 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	10th	Triple jump	14.11 m

National titles

• Russian Athletics Championships^[7]
  • Long jump: 2004
  • Triple jump: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
• Russian Indoor Athletics Championships^[8]
  • Long jump: 2004
  • Triple jump: 2000, 2001, 2003

See also

• List of doping cases in athletics
• List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women)
• List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners
• List of stripped Olympic medals
• List of medal sweeps in Olympic athletics
• List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• List of medal sweeps at the World Athletics Championships
• List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
• List of Russian sportspeople
• Long jump at the Olympics
• Triple jump at the Olympics
• Russia at the World Athletics Championships
• Doping at the Olympic Games
• Doping in Russia