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Darya Klishina

Klishina at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships
Personal information
Native name	Дарья Игоревна Клишина
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33) Tver, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Women's athletics
Event(s)	Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Long jump: 7.05 m (Ostrava 2011)
Medal record European Championships Bronze 2014 Zürich Long jump European Indoor Championships Gold 2011 Paris Long jump Gold 2013 Gothenburg Long jump Universiade Gold 2013 Kazan Long jump Representing  Authorised Neutral Athletes World Championships Silver 2017 London Long jump

Darya Igorevna Klishina (Russian: Дарья Игоревна Клишина, born 15 January 1991) is a Russian long jumper.

Early life

Klishina was born in 1991 in Tver, Russian SFSR. At the age of eight, she began playing volleyball, and at thirteen changed her preference for athletics in long jump.

Career

Klishina at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships

Klishina achieved a jump of 7.03 metres on 26 June 2010, a Russian junior record, and the second best junior mark of all time. This jump was also the second best jump in the world that year, behind only her teammate Olga Kucherenko's mark of 7.13 metres. Despite her dominance in the long jump in 2010, Klishina did not compete at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics. In 2013, she moved from Russia to the United States.

In 2016, Klishina was approved to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics through special permission granted by the IAAF. The IAAF had suspended the Russian national federation from competing due to breach of anti-doping rules, and Klishina was the only member of the athletics team allowed to compete. This decision was initially reversed on 13 August 2016. Klishina immediately appealed the decision, saying that she was "a clean athlete and have proved that already many times and beyond any doubt. Based in the US for three years now, I have been almost exclusively tested outside of the Anti-Doping system in question. I am falling victim to those who created a system of manipulating our beautiful sport and is guilty of using it for political purposes." On 15 August 2016, the eve of the long jump event, Klishina's appeal was upheld, allowing her to compete. She qualified for the long jump final, finishing ninth. For the first time in 20 years, Russian women failed to win an Olympic medal in the long jump.

Klishina competed as an authorised neutral athlete at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London. She won the silver medal with a season-best jump of 7.00 metres.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Russia
2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	6.47 m
	European Youth Olympics	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	6.43 m
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	1st	6.80 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	5th	6.62 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	6.80 m
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	1st	7.05 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	7th	6.50 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	4th	6.85 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	1st	7.01 m
	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	1st	6.90 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	7th	6.76 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	7th	6.51 m
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	3rd	6.65 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	10th	6.65 m
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	9th	6.63 m
Competing for  Authorised Neutral Athletes
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	4th	6.84 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	2nd	7.00 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	–	NM

Personal bests

See also

In Spanish: Daria Klíshina para niños

• List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)
• List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)
• List of sports rivalries