Inessa Kravets

Inessa Mykolayivna 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.

Inessa Kravets

Personal information
Native name	Інеса Миколаївна Кравець
Birth name	Inessa Mykolayivna Shulyak
Born	(1966-10-05) 5 October 1966 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Women's athletics
Event	Triple jump
Medal record Senior level Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 1 0 World Championships 1 0 0 World Indoor Championships 2 1 1 European Championships 0 1 1 European Indoor Championships 1 0 1 Grand Prix Final 1 3 1 Goodwill Games 1 0 0 Summer Universiade 1 0 0 IAAF World Cup 1 0 0 European Cup 0 0 1 Total 9 6 5 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

Career

Born in Dnipropetrovsk, her breakthrough in the triple jump came in 1991 when she broke the world record with a clearance of 14.95 metres in June. Her first major medals came in 1992. At the inaugural appearance of the women's triple jump at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships she won the gold medal. Later that year at the 1992 Summer Olympics she claimed the long jump silver as part of the Unified Team.

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 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg with 15.50 metres after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards. The following year she won the Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, becoming the first ever women's champion in the triple jump.

Ban and suspension

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

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

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