Hanna Victorivna Knyazyeva-Minenko is a former Ukrainian and a current Israeli triple jumper and long jumper.
21 Facts About Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko established a personal best in August 2015 of 14.78 meters in the triple jump while winning the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko immigrated to Israel and became an Israeli citizen in early 2013 on account of marriage to an Israeli citizen, and has represented Israel since then.
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At the 77th Israeli Athletics Championships in early July 2013, Knyazyeva-Minenko established a new Israeli record in winning the women's triple jump with a distance of 14.50 m At the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games Diamond League competition in London later that month, she won a bronze medal with a distance of 14.29 m in the triple jump.
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At the 78th Israel national championships in 2014, Knyazyeva-Minenko won a gold medal in the long jump while setting a new Israeli record and personal best with a distance of 6.52 m She won a bronze medal in the triple jump at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague in March 2015, becoming the first Israeli woman to win a track and field medal at a major European championship.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko jumped a distance of 14.49 m, setting a new Israeli national indoor record.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko began training as an athlete when she was eight years old.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko married Soviet Kazakh-born Israeli former decathlon champion Anatoly Minenko, whom she had met in a training camp, in November 2012.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko trailed Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan, Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia, and Olha Saladukha of Ukraine.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko immigrated to Israel and became an Israeli citizen, on account of marriage to an Israeli citizen.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko's coach is Israeli Alex Merman, who formerly coached Israeli high jumper Konstantin Matusevich, and her club is Maccabi Tel Aviv.
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At the 77th Israeli Athletics Championships in early July 2013, she established a new Israeli record in winning the women's triple jump with a distance of 14.50 m Knyazyeva-Minenko won a silver medal at the 2013 IAAF Diamond League competition in Paris, jumping 14.58 m in the triple jump.
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At the 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 15 August 2013, at age 23 in her first major event representing Israel, Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko came in 6th in the triple jump, with a distance of 14.33 m, after posting a 14.46 m and coming in third in the qualifying round.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko was the first Israeli to reach a World Championships final since Israeli Alex Averbukh in the pole vault, in 2007.
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In 2014 Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko had an operation to repair an injured Achilles tendon, and missed competing for most of the year as a result.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague in March 2015, competing for Israel in the triple jump.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko jumped a distance of 14.49 meters, setting a new Israeli national indoor record for the second day in a row, improving on her prior day's national record jump in the qualifiers by nine centimeters.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko represented Israel at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, in August 2015.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko won the silver medal in the triple jump, setting a new Israeli record of 14.78 meters.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko represented Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the triple jump, at the age of 26.
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Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko jumped 14.68 m in the final, for fifth place, six centimeters behind the bronze medalist.