Mariya Lasitskene

Mariya Lasitskene
Mariya Lasitskene in 2017
Personal information
Birth nameMariya Aleksandrovna Kuchina
NationalityRussian
Born (1993-01-14) 14 January 1993 (age 31)[1]
Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight57 kg (126 lb)[2]
Sport
CountryRussia
Authorised Neutral Athletes (2017–19)
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2020 Tokyo
  • High jump,  Gold
World finals
  • 2015 Beijing
  • High jump,  Gold
  • 2017 London
  • High jump,  Gold
  • 2019 Doha
  • High jump,  Gold
Personal bestsHigh jump:
  • Outdoor

2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) (Lausanne 2017/Ostrava 2019)

  • Indoor
2.05 m (6 ft 8+12 in) (Moscow 2020)

Mariya Aleksandrovna Lasitskene (Russian: Мария Александровна Ласицкене, pronounced [mɐˈrʲijə ləsʲɪtsˈkʲenɨ][citation needed]; née Kuchina; born 14 January 1993) is a Russian athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the 2020 Olympic champion and three-time world champion (2015, 2017 and 2019). With her victory in Tokyo, Lasitskene became the fourth female high jumper in history (after Stefka Kostadinova, Heike Henkel & Anna Chicherova) to win gold at both the Olympic Games and the World Championships.

Lasitskene was not able to defend her Olympic high jump title due to a World Athletics ruling banning Russian track and field athletes from competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3]

  1. ^ "Mariya KUCHINA". european-athletics.org. European Athletics Association. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b "KUCHINA Maria". universiade2013.sportresult.com. Kazan2013.ru. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Angered by Paris ban, Russia's media scorns 'the Olympics of Hell'".