Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko

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Hanna Knyazyeva;
חנה קנייזבה-מיננקו
Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
Knyazyeva-Minenko at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Nationality Israeli
Born (1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 (age 34)
Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Residence Israel
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Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Spouse(s) Anatoly Minenko
Sport
Country  Ukraine (2005–12)
 Israel (2013–present)
Sport Track and Field
Event(s) Triple jump, Long jump
Club Maccabi Tel Aviv
Coached by Anatoliy Holubtsov, Yuriy Horbachenko, Alex Merman[1]
Achievements and titles
National finals First Place and National Record Holder, Israel (triple jump and long jump)
Olympic finals Triple Jump, 2012, London
Personal best(s)
  • triple jump – 14.78 m (2015)
  • triple jump indoor – 14.49 m (2015)
  • long jump – 6.52 m (2014)
  • long jump indoor – 6.26 m (2012)[2][3]

Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (also "Anna"; and also "Knyazheva", "Knyazeva", and "Kniazeva"; Ukrainian: Ганна Князєва-Міненко, Hebrew: חנה קנייזבה-מיננקו‎; née Knyazyeva; born 25 September 1989) is a former Ukrainian and an Israeli triple jumper and long jumper.

She established a personal best in August 2015 of 14.78 meters (m) in the triple jump while winning the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics. She competed for her native Ukraine at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women’s triple jump event, coming in fourth with a jump of 14.56 m.[4]

She moved to Israel and became an Israeli citizen in early 2013, and has represented Israel since then.[3] 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. In September 2013 at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Challenge in Zagreb, Croatia, she jumped 14.38 m and won a silver medal in the triple jump.

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. She jumped a distance of 14.49 m, setting a new Israeli national indoor record. Competing for Israel at the 2015 European Games in June 2015, she won the triple jump competition that formed part of the Athletics event at the 2015 European Games, though no individual medal was awarded to her as the competition was a team event only; she also won a bronze medal for the team event. Knyazyeva-Minenko has secured her spot representing Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the triple jump.

Early and personal life

She was born in Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi in the Kyiv Region, Ukraine, on 25 September 1989.[4][5] She began training as an athlete when she was eight years old.[6]

She married Israeli former decathlon champion Anatoly Minenko, whom she had met in a training camp, in November 2012.[7][8][9][6][10] They live in Israel.[8][9][11][6]

Competitor for Ukraine

Knyazyeva won the silver medal in the triple jump at the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships.[12] On 10 July 2008, she came in 4th in the triple jump at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in Bydgoszcz, Poland, with a distance of 13.61 m.[13] She established a personal best in June 2012 of 14.71 m in the triple jump, 79 centimeters short of the world record, when she was 22 years old.[11][6]

Knyazyeva placed fourth for Ukraine in the women’s triple jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with a best jump of 14.56 meters.[14][4][8] She trailed Olga Rypakova of Kazakhstan, Caterine Ibargüen of Colombia, and Olha Saladukha of Ukraine.[15]

Competitor for Israel

2013–14

Knyazyeva-Minenko became an Israeli citizen on 12 May 2013.[16][6][10] Her coach is Israeli Alex Merman, who formerly coached Israeli high jumper Konstantin Matusevich, and her club is Maccabi Tel Aviv.[1][11][6][17]

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.[18] Knyazyeva-Minenko won a silver medal at the 2013 IAAF Diamond League competition in Paris, jumping 14.58 m in the triple jump.[19] At the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games Diamond League competition in London on 26 July 2013, she won a bronze medal in the triple jump with a distance of 14.29 m, behind Jamaican Kimberly Williams and Russian Ekaterina Koneva.[20]

Knyazyeva-Minenko at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Athletics

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, 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.[21][22][11][23] She was the first Israeli to reach a World Championships final since Israeli Alex Averbukh in the pole vault, in 2007.[11] She observed: "I'm still young, and I’ve got many more years to represent [Israel] and bring it honor."[23]

On 3 September 2013 at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Challenge in Zagreb, Croatia, she jumped 14.38 m in the triple jump and won a silver medal, behind winner Olha Saladuha of Ukraine.[24] In 2013, she held a women's triple jump ranking of No. 4 in the Diamond League series.[8]

In 2014 Knyazyeva-Minenko had an operation to repair an injured Achilles tendon, and missed competing for most of the year as a result.[8][16][6] However, at the 78th Israel national championships at Hadar Yosef Stadium in Tel Aviv in 2014, she won a gold medal in the long jump while setting a new Israeli record with a distance of 6.52 m.[25] The distance was a new personal best for the event, and eclipsed by six centimeters Sigal Gonen’s previous Israeli record, which had stood for 28 years since 1986.[25]

2015–present

Knyazyeva-Minenko won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague in March 2015, competing for Israel in the triple jump.[8] She jumped a distance of 14.49 meters (47.5 feet), 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.[1][16] In winning the medal, she became the first Israeli woman to win a track and field medal at a major European championship, and became the first Israeli to win a medal at the European Indoor Championships since Alex Averbukh won a gold medal in the pole vault at the 2000 European Indoor Championships.[8][1][9] She noted: "My best jump (14.49 meters) would have won me the gold medal at the last World Championship."[8] Russia's Ekaterina Koneva won the gold medal, and Bulgaria's Gabriela Petrova won the silver medal.[9]

At the IAAF Diamond League Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway, on 11 June 2015 she came in fifth in the triple jump, at 14.22 m.[26] Competing for Israel at the 2015 European Games on 21 June 2015, she won the triple jump portion of the Team Athletics event with a distance of 14.41 m; she also won a bronze medal for the team event.[27][28] She will represent Israel at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, in August 2015.[29][16] Knyazyeva-Minenko has also secured her spot representing Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the triple jump.[30]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Ukraine
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 2nd Triple jump 13.85 m
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th Triple jump 13.61 m (wind: -0.2 m/s)
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 20th (q) Long jump 5.85 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)
5th Triple jump 13.61 m (wind: +1.1 m/s)
Universiade Shenzhen, China 20th (q) Long jump 5.94 m
4th Triple jump 14.15 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 21st (q) Triple jump 13.65 m
Olympic Games London, England 4th Triple jump 14.56 m
Representing  Israel
2013 London Grand Prix London, England 3rd Triple jump 14.29 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 6th Triple jump 14.33 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 3rd Triple jump 14.49 m
European Games Baku, Azerbaijan 1st Triple jump 14.41 m
World Championships Beijing, China 2nd Triple jump 14.78 m

References

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