Mariya Lasitskene

Mariya Lasitskene

Mariya Lasitskene in 2017
Personal information
Birth name	Mariya Aleksandrovna Kuchina
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1993-01-14) 14 January 1993 (age 31)[1] Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)[2]
Sport
Country	Russia Authorised Neutral Athletes (2017–19)
Sport	Athletics
Event	High 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 bests	High jump: Outdoor 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) (Lausanne 2017/Ostrava 2019) Indoor 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Moscow 2020)
Medal record Senior level Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 0 0 World Championships 3 0 0 World Indoor Championships 2 0 0 European Championships 1 1 0 European Indoor Championships 2 0 0 Total 9 1 0 Representing  ROC Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo High jump Representing  Authorised Neutral Athletes World Championships 2017 London High jump 2019 Doha High jump World Indoor Championships 2018 Birmingham High jump European Championships 2018 Berlin High jump European Indoor Championships 2019 Glasgow High jump Representing  Russia World Championships 2015 Beijing High jump World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot High jump Military World Games 2015 Mungyeong High jump 2019 Wuhan High jump European Championships 2014 Zürich High jump European Indoor Championships 2015 Praha High jump European Junior Championships 2011 Tallinn High jump Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore High jump World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona High jump World Youth Championships 2009 Brixen High jump Representing Europe Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech High jump 2018 Ostrava High jump

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]