Inessa Kravets

Inessa Kravets

athletics
Event	Triple jump
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Triple jump World Championships 1995 Gothenburg Triple jump World Indoor Championships 1993 Toronto Triple jump 2003 Birmingham Long jump 1993 Toronto Long jump European Championships 1994 Helsinki Long jump 1994 Helsinki Triple jump European Indoor Championships 1994 Paris Long jump IAAF World Cup 1994 London Long jump European Cup 1993 Rome Triple jump IAAF Grand Prix Final 1996 Milan Long jump 1994 Paris Long jump 1995 Fontvielle Triple jump Representing the  Unified Team Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Long jump European Indoor Championships 1992 Genoa Triple jump IAAF Grand Prix Final 1992 Turin Long jump Representing  Soviet Union World Indoor Championships 1991 Seville Triple jump Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle Long jump Summer Universiade 1991 Sheffield Long jump IAAF Grand Prix Final 1990 Athens Long jump

Inesa Mykolaivna Kravets (née Shulyak, Ukrainian: Інеса Миколаївна Кравець; born 5 October 1966) is a Ukrainian former triple jumper and long jumper. She was among the most prominent female triple jumpers during the period that the event was added to competition programmes at major competitions, and she was the world record holder, until the 2021 Olympics when Yulimar Rojas broke her record. Her record was one of the most durable in women's athletics.

Career

Born in

She followed this with a gold medal at the first women's triple jump at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but due to a doping ban she did not compete at the debut of the event at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, where Russia's Anna Biryukova took the title. In 1994 she won the long jump at the 1994 IAAF World Cup and doubled up at the 1994 European Athletics Championships to take long jump silver and triple jump bronze.

She jumped the world record at the

Ban and suspension

In 1993, Kravets was banned three months for use of stimulants.^[1] Kravets was suspended for two years in July 2000 after testing positive for a performance-enhancing steroid.^[2]

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

External links

• Inessa Kravets at World Athletics
• "wulkana". - Leszek Albiniak. Archived from the original on 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2007-07-28.

Records
Preceded by Li Huirong	Women's Triple Jump World Record Holder 10 June 1991 – 21 August 1993	Succeeded by Anna Biryukova
Preceded by Anna Biryukova	Women's Triple Jump World Record Holder 10 August 1995 – 1 August 2021	Succeeded by Yulimar Rojas