Yelena Belevskaya

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Yelena Belevskaya

Medal record
Women's athletics
World Championships
	1987 Rome	Long jump
World Indoor Championships
	1987 Indianapolis	Long jump

Yelena Vasilyevna Belevskaya (

Career

Born in

After winning bronze medals at the European and World Indoor Championships, Belevskaya successfully defended her Soviet title in July 1987 with her career-best jump of 7.39 metres. This jump put her fourth on the world all-time list at that time and as of 2017 still ranks her sixth on the all-time list. She went on to win a silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, finishing behind Jackie Joyner-Kersee and one centimeter ahead of Heike Drechsler, with 7.14 metres. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, she jumped 7.04 metres to finish fourth in the final behind Joyner-Kersee, Drechsler and Chistyakova.

Achievements

All results regarding long jump

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Soviet Union
1986	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	2nd	7.17 m
	European Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	7th	6.58 m
1987	European Indoor Championships	Lievin, Frane	3rd	6.76 m
	World Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, United States	3rd	6.76 m
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	2nd	7.14 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	4th	7.04 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	8th	6.69 m

References

External links

• Yelena Belevskaya at World Athletics

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