Viktoriya Fyodorova

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Viktoriya Fyodorova (born May 9, 1973) is a retired female high jumper from Russia. She represented Russia at the 1995 World Championships in Athletics, placing eleventh. She also competed at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships (seventh) and the 1998 European Athletics Championships (tenth).

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Fyodorova became involved in track and field in her youth in Leningrad, working under coach Valentina Ivanovna Nikiforova. [1] In age category competitions she was a bronze medallist for the Soviet Union at the 1991 European Athletics Junior Championships, [2] a silver medallist for Russia at the 1994 European Athletics U23 Cup, and a gold medallist at the 1995 Summer Universiade. [3]

At national level she won three Russian titles, topping the podium at the Russian Athletics Championships in 1995 and 1998, as well as a win at the Russian Indoor Athletics Championships in 1997. [4] [5] Her personal best of 1.98 m (6 ft 5+34 in) came in Tartu, Estonia, on 20 June 1997. This ranked her ninth in the world for the 2007 season. [6] She retired after the 2002 season. [7]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1991 European Junior Championships Thessaloniki, Greece3rdHigh jump1.91 m
1994 European U23 Cup Ostrava, Czech Republic2ndHigh jump1.92 m
1995 Universiade Fukuoka, Japan1st High jump 1.92 m
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden11th High jump 1.90 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France7th High jump 1.95 m
Universiade Catania, Italy High jump DNS
1998 European Championships Budapest, Hungary10th High jump 1.85 m

Seasonal bests

National titles

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