Svetlana Shkolina

Svetlana Vladimirovna Shkolina (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Школина; born 9 March 1986) is a Russian high jumper. Her indoor personal best is 2.00 metres, achieved in February 2010 in Arnstadt. In February 2019, the Court of Arbitration for Sport handed her a four-year ban for doping, starting from 1 February 2019 and rectoroactive from 16 July 2012 to 28 July 2015.[1]

Svetlana Shkolina
Shkolina at the 2013 World championships Athletics in Moscow.
Personal information
Born (1986-03-09) March 9, 1986
Yartsevo, Smolensk, USSR
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Disqualified2012 London High jump
World Championships
Disqualified2013 Moscow High jump

Early career

She was born in Yartsevo.[2] As a teenager she won the silver medals at the 2003 World Youth Championships and the 2004 World Junior Championships and the gold medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships. Her personal bests were 1.88 metres in 2003 (Krasnodar, May), 1.91 metres in 2004 (Grosseto, WJC, July) and 1.92 metres in 2005 (Mannheim, June).[3] In 2007, she won another gold medal, at the 2007 European U23 Championships, where both Shkolina and Adonia Steryiou cleared 1.92 metres but failed at 1.95 metres.[4] She also improved her personal best to 1.96 metres in Tula in June 2007, having only managed to equal 1.92 metres the 2006 season.[3]

Senior career
Svetlana Shkolina won the women's high jump in 2013 World Championships in Athletics

2008–2009

Her first major international senior championship was the 2008 Olympic Games, where she finished fourteenth with a jump of 1.93 metres. Her season's best was 1.98 metres, achieved in July in Kazan. In 2009, she equalled this height in January in Rijeka before finishing fourth at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. She finished fourth again at the 2009 European Team Championships, by equalling her personal best for the third time in the Super League competition in Leiria. At the 2009 World Championships and the 2009 World Athletics Final she finished sixth; with 1.96 and 1.94 metres respectively.[3]

2010–2011

In early 2010 she broke the 2-metre barrier as she cleared 2.00 metres at the Hochsprung mit Musik event in Arnstadt in February.[3] She contended with Blanka Vlašić who eventually set a world leading mark of 2.06 metres.[5] In the next three international championships she ended on the unlucky 4th place: In March 2010 at the World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar (1.96 m), in August at the European Championships in Barcelona (1.97 m) and in March 2011 at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Paris (1.92 m). In July she managed to beat Vlašić at the high jump meeting in Eberstadt, Germany. Shkolina managed 1.99 m, while Vlašić stopped at 1.97 m.

2012

Shkolina won a bronze medal at the high jump at the 2012 Summer Olympics with a height of 2.03 m.[6]

2013

Shkolina won the gold medal at the high jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow equalizing her personal best with a height of 2.03 m.

International competitions
Representing  Russia
YearCompetitionVenuePositionResultNotes
2003 World Youth Championships Sherbrooke, Canada 2nd 1.84 m
European Youth Olympics Paris, France 2nd 1.84 m
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 2nd 1.91 m
2005 European Junior Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 1st 1.91 m
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 1st 1.92 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 6th 1.96 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 1.96 m
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th 1.97 m
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 4th 1.92 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 5th 1.97 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom — 2.03 m DSQ (3rd)
Diamond League 3rd details
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia — 2.03 m DSQ (1st)
Diamond League 1st details

See also

References
  1. "Doping bans for 12 Russian athletes including 2012 Olympic champion Ivan Ukhov". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. "Svetlana Shkolina". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. Svetlana Shkolina at World Athletics
  4. "14 finals decided on thrilling afternoon of athletics on Day Three in Debrecen". European Athletics. 24 July 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  5. "Blanka Vlašic flies high in Arnstadt". European Athletics. 7 February 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  6. NBC Olympics – Women's High Jump Results
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