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| Nationality | Kazakhstani | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 December 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | High jump: 1.92m (Almaty, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yelizaveta Matveyeva (born 9 December 2001) is a high jumper from Kazakhstan. [1]
She became Kazakhstan national champion in the high jump in Almaty in 2022 with a height of 1.88 metres. [2] She set a personal best clearance of 1.92 metres at the XXXII Qosanov Memorial in Almaty on 25 June 2022. [3]
She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana with a clearance of 1.85 metres, as her country clinched a clean-sweep of the medals. [4] [5] She was a silver medalist at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, missing gold on count back after clearing the same 1.86m height as compatriot Kristina Ovchinnikova. [6] She was selected to make her global competition debut at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, but did not qualify for the final. [7] [8]
In February 2024, she won the Kazhakstan national indoor title in Astana with a clearance of 1.88 metres. [9] She was a gold medalist in the high jump at the 2024 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran. [10] She competed in the high jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics. [11]
She graduated from The Kazakh-American Free University in Almaty where she studied Physical Culture and Sports. [12]
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