Tatyana Blokhina

Tatyana Blokhina
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Varaždin Heptathlon

Tatyana Blokhina (née Sidorova, Russian: Татьяна Блохина, Сидорова); born 12 March 1970) is a Russian female former track and field athlete who competed for Russia and the Soviet Union in combined track and field events. She won a gold medal at heptathlon in 1989 European Athletics Junior Championships

Career

She is a two-time Russian national champion, having won the heptathlon in 1993 and the indoor pentathlon in 1999.[1][2] She was twice winner at the Décastar meeting (1993, 1995) and on her first victory she set a meeting record in the high jump of 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in).[3] This was her speciality event and she holds a personal best of 1.95 m (6 ft 4+3⁄4 in) overall.[4]

She represented her country at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics and the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but failed to complete all seven events on those occasions. She had more success at European level, winning a gold medal at the 1989 European Athletics Junior Championships and placing fifth in the pentathlon at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships.[5][4]

Blokhina ranked third in the world for the 1993 indoor season, in which she set a career best total of 4669 points for pentathlon in Moscow.[6] Her personal best in the heptathlon, 6703 points achieved at the 1993 Décastar, ranked her second among Europeans that season behind Germany's Sabine Braun,[7] and fourth at global level – her highest career ranking.[4] As of 2018, her career best ranked her 25th on the all-time heptathlon rankings.[8]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
1988 World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada — Heptathlon DNF
1989 European Junior Championships Varaždin, Yugoslavia 1st Heptathlon 6032 pts
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 5th Pentathlon 4617 pts
1993 World Championships Helsinki, Finland — Heptathlon DNF

National titles

References

  1. ^ Russian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  2. ^ Russian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. ^ "Le Décastar – Histoire". www.ressources.crdp-aquitaine.fr. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
  4. ^ a b c Tatyana Blokhina. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  5. ^ European Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  6. ^ World Top Performers Indoor (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  7. ^ European Top Performers. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  8. ^ All Time Lists Senior Outdoor Heptathlon Women. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-12.