Margarita Mukasheva

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Margarita Mukasheva
Margarita Mukasheva Rio2016.jpg
Mukasheva at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Birth nameMargarita Matsko
Born29 April 1989 (1989-04-29) (age 35)
Novopokrovka, Shal akyn District, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union [1]
Education North Kazakhstan State University
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in) [2]
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event800 m
Coached byVyacheslav Sokirko (national) [3]
Achievements and titles
Personal best1:58.96 (2013) [4]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Asian Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Amman 4×400 m

Margarita Yevgenyevna Mukasheva (Russian : Маргарита Евгеньевна Мукашева, née Matsko on 4 January 1986) is a Kazakhstani runner who specializes in the individual 800 metres and 4 × 400 m relay.

Mukasheva took up athletics aged 16 [3] and has had success on the regional level. At the 2007 Asian Championships she won a bronze medal in the relay. She won the bronze medal in the individual event at the 2008 Asian Indoor Championships, silver at the 2009 Asian Championships and gold at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games.[ citation needed ] She competed at the 2010 World Indoor Championships, the 2011 and 2013 World Athletics Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics. [3]

After winning a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games, Mukasheva semi-retired for a year and worked as a sports administrator. She returned to compete at the 2016 Olympics. She qualified in the 800 metres event, but was eliminated in the heats. [3]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
2007 Asian Championships Amman, Jordan 5th800 m 2:16.44
3rd4 × 400 m relay 3:50.81
Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 18th (h)800 m 2:12.16
2008 Asian Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd800 m 2:04.85
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 7th800 m 2:04.60
Asian Indoor Games Hanoi, Vietnam 1st800 m 2:03.06
1st4 × 400 m relay 3:39.21
Asian Championships Guangzhou, China 2nd800 m 2:05.31
4th4 × 400 m relay 3:36.54
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 14th (h)800 m 2:06.36
Asian Games Guangzhou, China 1st800 m 2:00.29
2nd4 × 400 m relay 3:30.03
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 2nd800 m 2:02.46
Universiade Shenzhen, China 20th (h)800 m 2:06.62
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 31st (h)800 m 2:04.24
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 8th (sf)800 m 1:59.20
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 1st800 m 1:58.96
World Championships Moscow, Russia 26th (h)800 m 2:02.06
2014 Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 1st800 m 1:59.02
6th4 × 400 m relay 3:36.83
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 31st (h)800 m 2:00.97
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 2nd800 m 2:02.40
6th4 × 400 m relay 3:36.73
2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 3rd800 m 2:03.83

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