The 30th European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Turin

Turin

Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...

, Italy

Italy

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, from Friday, 6 March to Sunday, 8 March 2009. The championships took place at the Oval Lingotto

Oval Lingotto

Torino Oval Lingotto is an indoor arena in Turin, Italy. It was built for use at the 2006 Winter Olympics, during which it hosted speed skating events...

 indoor arena which has a seating capacity of 6,600 people.

It was the fourth time that the championships were held in Italy.

Track

60 m 60 metres 60 metres is a sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes...	Dwain Chambers Dwain Chambers Dwain Anthony Chambers is an English sprinter of Afro-Caribbean descent. He has won medals on the international stage numerous times and is one of the fastest European sprinters in the history of recorded athletics. His primary event is the 100 metres sprint, in which he has the second...  United Kingdom	6.46	Fabio Cerutti Fabio Cerutti Fabio Cerutti is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.- Biography :He finished sixth in 60 metres at the 2007 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final round. In Beijing he finished...  Italy	6.56	Emanuele di Gregorio Emanuele di Gregorio Emanuele Di Gregorio is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Italy....  Italy	6.56 PB
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Johan Wissman Johan Wissman Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....  Sweden	45.89 WL PB	Claudio Licciardello Claudio Licciardello Claudio Licciardello is a track and field sprinter from Italy, who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 45.25 seconds, achieved in the heats at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.-Career:...  Italy	46.32	Ioan Vieru Ioan Vieru Ioan Lucian Vieru is a Romanian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.He won the bronze medals at the 2002 European Indoor Championships and the 2009 European Indoor Championships...  Romania	46.54 SB
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Borzakovskiy Yuriy Mikhailovich Borzakovskiy is a Russian middle distance athlete specializing in the 800 metres.-Athletic career:Borzakovskiy's first major international success was a victory at the 2000 European Indoor Championships when he was only 18 years old. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he reached the...  Russia	1:48.55	Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Luis Alberto Marco Contreras is a Spanish middle distance runner. He specializes in the 800 metres.Marco was born in Seville. He finished eleventh in the 1500 metres at the 2003 World Youth Championships...  Spain	1:49.14	Mattias Claesson Mattias Claesson Mattias Claesson is a Swedish middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.He finished fourth in 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships, with teammates Joni Jaako, Johan Wissman and Andreas Mokdasi...  Sweden	1:49.32
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Rui Silva Rui Silva Rui Silva is a Portuguese athlete, who represents Sporting Clube de Portugal. As a distance runner, he specializes at the 1500 and 3000 m events, although he has at times run the 800 metres as well. He is the national champion at 1500 m...  Portugal	3:44.38	Diego Ruiz Diego Ruiz (athlete) Diego Ruiz Sanz is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He won the silver medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships.-Personal bests:*400 metres - 47.67 s *800 metres - 1:46.40 min...  Spain	3:44.70	Yoann Kowal Yoann Kowal Yoann Kowal is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.He was born in Nogent-le-Rotrou. He won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships.-Personal bests:*1500 metres - 3:33.75 min...  France	3:44.75
3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Mo Farah  United Kingdom	7:40.17 CR	Bouabdellah Tahri  France	7:42.14	Jesús España Jesús España Jesús España Cobo is a Spanish runner who mostly concentrates on the 3000 and 5000 metres....  Spain	7:43.29 SB
60 m hurdles 60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds and 7.30 seconds ,...	Ladji Doucouré Ladji Doucouré Ladji Doucouré is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling.-Career:...  France	7.55	Gregory Sedoc Gregory Sedoc Gregory Sedoc is a Dutch hurdler.He reached his first international final at the 2007 European Indoor Championships in 60 metres hurdles, and won the event, equalling his personal best time of 7.63 seconds which was established in the previous rounds and beating fellow-countryman Marcel van der...  Netherlands	7.55	Petr Svoboda  Czech Republic	7.61
4×400 m relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Italy Jacopo Marin Jacopo Marin Jacopo Marin is a male sprinter from Italia who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 46.99 seconds, achieved in Velenje . He won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2009 European Indoor Championships, together with teammates Matteo Galvan, Domenico Rao and Claudio... Matteo Galvan Matteo Galvan Matteo Galvan is an Italian sprinter who specializes in the 200 and 400 metres. His career highlight so far is the 2009 European Indoor Championships, where he placed sixth in the 400 metres and won a gold medal in the relay.-Career:Galvan was born in Vicenza... Domenico Rao Domenico Rao Domenico Rao is a male track and field sprinter from Italia who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 47.09 seconds, achieved in 1998.... Claudio Licciardello Claudio Licciardello Claudio Licciardello is a track and field sprinter from Italy, who specializes in the 400 metres. His personal best time is 45.25 seconds, achieved in the heats at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.-Career:...	3:06.68	United Kingdom Richard Buck Richard Buck Richard Thomas Buck is a British sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He is from York, and trains in Loughborough, his current club is City of York A.C, , previously he had an 18 month spell at Scarborough A.C. He has been trained by his grandfather, Geoff Barraclough... Nick Leavey Nick Leavey Nick Leavey is a British sprint athlete.-Achievements:-References:... Nigel Levine Nigel Levine Nigel Levine is a British sprint athlete.-Achievements:-References:... Philip Taylor	3:07.04	Poland Jan Ciepiela Marcin Marciniszyn Marcin Marciniszyn Marcin Marciniszyn is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-Personal bests:Outdoor*200 metres - 21.07 s *400 metres - 45.27 s Indoor... Jarosław Wasiak Piotr Klimczak Piotr Klimczak Piotr Klimczak is a Polish sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.-Achievements:-References:...	3:07.04

Field

High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Ivan Ukhov Ivan Ukhov Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov is a Russian high jumper. He won gold medals at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships. He was also the silver medallist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships and the winner of the high jump at the inaugural 2010...  Russia	2.32	Kyriakos Ioannou Kyriakos Ioannou Kyriakos Ioannou is a Cypriot high jumper.His personal best jump and Cypriot national record is 2.35 metres, achieved at the 2007 World Championships held in Osaka where he won the bronze medal. He became the first World Championships medalist from Cyprus...  Cyprus Aleksey Dmitrik Aleksey Dmitrik Aleksey Dmitrik is a Russian high jumper. He won the silver medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships.He was born in Slantsy, Leningrad Oblast...  Russia	2.29
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie Renaud Lavillenie is a French pole vaulter.He won the gold medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, but without reaching the final...  France	5.81 =PB	Pavel Gerasimov  Russia	5.76	Alexander Straub Alexander Straub (athlete) Alexander Straub is a German pole vaulter. He obtained a bronze medal at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in Doha.Straub set his personal best on 1 August 2008 in Bochum....  Germany	5.76
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Sebastian Bayer Sebastian Bayer Sebastian Bayer is a German long jumper best known for having history's second longest indoor long jump.-Career:He won the silver medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships...  Germany	8.71 ER CR NR PB	Nils Winter Nils Winter Nils Winter is a German long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships and the 2007 European Indoor Athletics Championships...  Germany	8.22 PB	Marcin Starzak Marcin Starzak Marcin Starzak is a Polish long jumper.He finished sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and seventh at the 2008 World Indoor Championships. He also competed at the 2005 European Indoor Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic...  Poland	8.18 NR PB
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Fabrizio Donato Fabrizio Donato Fabrizio Donato is an Italian athlete competing in the triple jump and occasionally in the long jump. He is known for winning gold medals at the 2001 Mediterranean Games and the 2009 European Indoor Championships, the latter in a new championship record of 17.59 metres. He is the Italian record...  Italy	17.59 WL CR NR PB	Viktor Yastrebov Viktor Yastrebov Viktor Anatoliyovych Yastrebov is an Ukrainian triple jumper.He finished seventh in the triple jump final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.He also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics but failed to progress from his pool....  Ukraine	17.25 PB	Igor Spasovkhodskiy Igor Spasovkhodskiy Igor Igorevich Spasovkhodskiy is a Russian triple jumper. He is best known for his bronze medal at the 2001 World Championships, which he took with a personal best jump of 17.44 metres.-Achievements:-External links:...  Russia	17.15 SB
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski Tomasz Majewski is a Polish Olympic gold medalist shot putter. He is 204 cm tall and weighs 140 kg ....  Poland	21.02	Yves Niaré Yves Niaré Yves Niaré is a male shot putter from France. His personal best throw is 20.72 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Versailles....  France	20.42 NR PB	Ralf Bartels Ralf Bartels Ralf Bartels is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich with a final put of 21.13 metres, two centimetres ahead of the Belarusian.Bartels also won bronze at the 2005...  Germany	20.39 SB

Combined

Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...	Mikk Pahapill Mikk Pahapill Mikk Pahapill is an Estonian decathlete. His personal best score is 8298 points, achieved at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona. His coach is Remigija Nazarovienė....  Estonia	6362 WL PB	Oleksiy Kasyanov Oleksiy Kasyanov Oleksiy Kasyanov is a Ukrainian decathlete. His personal best score is 8479 points, achieved at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, Germany. He won the 2010 TNT-Fortuna Meeting in Kladno with a total of 8381 points, leading from the first day onwards with the help of a 14.24 seconds...  Ukraine	6205 NR PB	Roman Šebrle Roman Šebrle Roman Šebrle is an athlete from the Czech Republic. He is considered to be one of the best decathlon athletes of all time. Originally a high jumper, he competes in decathlon and heptathlon for team TJ Dukla Praha and is a world record holder in the decathlon...  Czech Republic	6142

Track

60 m 60 metres 60 metres is a sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes...	Yevgeniya Polyakova Yevgeniya Polyakova Yevgeniya Andreevna Polyakova is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.Polyakova represented Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed first in front of Jade Bailey and Sherone Simpson in a time of 11.24 to...  Russia	7.18 SB	Ezinne Okparaebo Ezinne Okparaebo Ezinne Okparaebo is a track and field sprint athlete, who competes internationally for Norway. She has been living in Norway since the age of nine....  Norway	7.21 NR PB	Verena Sailer Verena Sailer Verena Sailer is a German sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.10 seconds, achieved when winning the final and taking the gold medal at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona.Sailer represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing...  Germany	7.22
400 m 400 metres The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a common sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 . On a standard outdoor running track, it is exactly one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and...	Antonina Krivoshapka Antonina Krivoshapka Antonina Vladimirovna Krivoshapka is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres...  Russia	51.18	Nataliya Pyhyda  Ukraine	51.44 PB	Darya Safonova Darya Safonova Darya Safonova is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.In 2005 she was found guilty of pemoline doping. She was suspended from the sport between March 2005 to March 2007....  Russia	51.85 PB
800 m 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...	Mariya Savinova Mariya Savinova Mariya Savinova is a Russian athlete, who specializes in the 800 metres. She won the gold medal at the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona with a time of 1:58.22....  Russia	1:58.11 WL PB	Oksana Zbrozhek Oksana Zbrozhek Oksana Zbrozhek is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She won the gold medal at the 2007 European Indoor Championships and the silver medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships...  Russia	1:59.20 SB	Elisa Cusma Piccione Elisa Cusma Piccione Elisa Cusma Piccione is a female Italian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.She finished seventh at the 2007 World Athletics Final, sixth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships, sixth at the 2008 World Athletics Final and won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor...  Italy	2:00.23
1500 m 1500 metres The 1,500-metre run is the premier middle distance track event.Aerobic endurance is the biggest factor contributing to success in the 1500 metres but the athlete also requires significant sprint speed.In modern times, the 1,500-metre run has been run at a pace faster than the average person could...	Anna Alminova Anna Alminova Anna Alminova is a Russian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She was the European indoor champion in the 1500 m in 2009.-Career:In the 800 metres, she finished fifth at the 2003 World Youth Championships...  Russia	4:07.76	Natalia Rodríguez Natalia Rodríguez (athlete) Natalia Rodríguez Martínez is a Spanish middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She represented Spain at the Summer Olympics in 2000, 2004 and 2008....  Spain	4:08.72	Sonja Roman Sonja Roman Sonja Roman is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. She is the national record holder in the event....  Slovenia	4:11.42
3000 m 3000 metres The 3000 metres is a popular amateur middle distance track event where 7.5 laps are completed around a 400 metre track. This event is generally classified as middle distance, but it could be classed as a long distance event in many high schools, since they do not promote races such as the 5000 and...	Alemitu Bekele  Turkey	8:46.50 NR PB	Sara Moreira Sara Moreira Sara Moreira is a Portuguese female long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase and 5000 metres. She reached finals at the World Championships in Athletics in 2007 and 2009. She represented Portugal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics...  Portugal	8:48.18 PB	Mary Cullen Mary Cullen Mary Teresa Cullen is an Irish long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres and 5000 metres on the track, and cross country running...  Republic of Ireland	8:48.47
60 m hurdles 60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds and 7.30 seconds ,...	Eline Berings  Belgium	7.92 NR EL	Lucie Škrobáková  Czech Republic	7.94 NR	Derval O'Rourke Derval O'Rourke Derval O'Rourke is an Irish sprint hurdles athlete. She competes internationally in the 60 and 100 metres hurdles, and is the Irish national record holder in both events...  Republic of Ireland	7.97 SB
4×400 m relay 4 x 400 metres relay The 4 x 400 meters relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete 400 meters or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, the first 500 meters is run in lanes...	Russia Natalya Antyukh Natalya Antyukh Natalya Nikolayevna Antyukh is a Russian athlete who primarily competed in the 400 metres and 400 metre hurdles.In addition to winning medals in individual contests, she has been a very successful relay runner, winning a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics.... Darya Safonova Darya Safonova Darya Safonova is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.In 2005 she was found guilty of pemoline doping. She was suspended from the sport between March 2005 to March 2007.... Yelena Voynova Antonina Krivoshapka Antonina Krivoshapka Antonina Vladimirovna Krivoshapka is a Russian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres...	3:29.12	United Kingdom Donna Fraser Donna Fraser Donna Karen Fraser in Thornton Heath, Croydon is an English athlete who mainly competed in the 200 and 400 metres.-Career:... Kim Wall Kim Wall Kim Wall is an American Actress. She is probably best known for starring in the 1988 sequel Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland.-Career:... Vicki Barr Vicki Barr (athlete) Victoria "Vicki" Barr is a track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres sprint. Her personal best for the event is 52.40 seconds. She is a frequent member of the British 4×400 m relay team and won a bronze medal at the European Athletics Championships in 2010... Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Okoro Marilyn Chinwenwa Okoro is a British athlete of Igbo Nigerian ancestry. She received a bronze medal for the 800 metres at both the 2007 and 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final. She was on the bronze winning 4 × 400 m relay at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics...	3:30.42	Belarus Alena Kievich Katsiaryna Bobryk Hanna Tashpulatava Katsiaryna Mishyna	3:35.03

Field

High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Ariane Friedrich Ariane Friedrich Ariane Friedrich, born Tempel is a German high jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships and represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics...  Germany	2.01	Ruth Beitia Ruth Beitia Ruth Beitia Vila is a high jumper from Spain.With 2.01 metres indoor and 2.02 metres outdoor she holds the current Spanish records.-Achievements:-References:*-External links:...  Spain	1.99	Viktoriya Klyugina Viktoriya Klyugina Viktoriya Klyugina is a Russian high jumper.She finished fifth at the 1998 World Junior Championships, sixth at the 2000 European Indoor Championships, won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships and finished eighth at the 2009 World Athletics Final.Her personal best jump is...  Russia	1.96
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...	Yuliya Golubchikova Yuliya Golubchikova Yuliya Golubchikova is a Russian pole vaulter.Golubchikova's personal best jump is 4.75 metres, achieved at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing where she ended on a fourth place . She has 4.75 metres indoor.-Achievements:-External links:* *...  Russia	4.75 =PB	Silke Spiegelburg Silke Spiegelburg Silke Spiegelburg is a German pole vaulter. She is the younger sister of Richard Spiegelburg. She represented Germany at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008, as well as having competed at the World Championships in Athletics...  Germany	4.75 NR PB	Anna Battke Anna Battke Anna Battke is a German pole vaulter.She finished eighth at the 2008 World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain.Her personal best is 4.68 metres, achieved in 2009 in Berlin.-References:...  Germany	4.65  PB
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Ksenija Balta Ksenija Balta Ksenija Balta is an Estonian long jumper, sprinter and heptathlete.Balta finished fourteenth at the 2005 European Indoor Championships in pentathlon and won the bronze medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships in heptathlon...  Estonia	6.87 WL NR PB EL	Yelena Sokolova Yelena Sokolova (athlete) Yelena Sokolova is a Russian long jumper.She finished fifth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships, and won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade. In 2009 she won the silver medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships with an indoor personal best of 6.84 metres...  Russia	6.84 PB	Olga Kucherenko Olga Kucherenko Olga Kucherenko is a Russian long jumper.She won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the 2008 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final. Her personal best jump is 7.13 metres, achieved in May 2010 in Sochi. She has 6.87 metres on the indoor...  Russia	6.82
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Anastasiya Taranova-Potapova Anastasiya Taranova-Potapova Anastasiya Taranova-Potapova is a Russian triple jumper.She won the gold medals at the 2003 European Junior Championships, the 2004 World Junior Championships and the 2009 European Indoor Championships....  Russia	14.68 WL PB	Marija Šestak Marija Šestak Marija Šestak is a Slovenian triple jumper. She switched nationality from Serbia on 13 July 2006....  Slovenia	14.60 SB	Dana Veldáková Dana Veldáková Dana Velďáková is a Slovak triple jumper. Her personal best jump is 14.51 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Pavia. She has a twin sister named Jana, who is a long jumper.-Achievements:-External links:...  Slovakia	14.40 NR PB
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Petra Lammert Petra Lammert Petra Lammert is a former German shot putter. Her personal best throw is 20.04 metres, achieved in May 2007 in Zeven....  Germany	19.66 WL PB	Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs Denise Hinrichs is a German shot putter. Her personal best is 19.07 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt.-Achievements:-References:...  Germany	19.63 PB	Anca Heltne Anca Heltne Anca Heltne, née Vilceanu is a Romanian shot putter. She has an indoor personal best of 19.54 metres, achieved in February 2009 in Bucharest....  Romania	18.71

Combined

Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...	Anna Bogdanova Anna Bogdanova Anna Bogdanova is an Russian heptathlete. If she had not been so ill when she was younger she would have been a swimmer. Bogdanova came 6th in Beijing 2008 and won the indoor championships the following year.-Achievements:...  Russia	4761	Jolanda Keizer Jolanda Keizer Jolanda Keizer is a Dutch heptathlete.-Achievements:-References:...  Netherlands	4644 PB	Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida  France	4618 PB

Medals table

Rank	Nation				Total
1.	Russia	10	4	4	18
2.	Germany	3	3	4	10
3.	France	2	2	2	6
3.	Italy	2	2	2	6
5.	United Kingdom	2	2	0	4
6.	Estonia	2	0	0	2
7.	Portugal	1	1	0	2
8.	Poland	1	0	2	3
9.	Sweden	1	0	1	2
10.	Belgium	1	0	0	1
10.	Turkey	1	0	0	1
12.	Spain	0	4	1	5
13.	Ukraine	0	3	0	3
14.	Netherlands	0	2	0	2
15.	Czech Republic	0	1	2	3
16.	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
17.	Cyprus	0	1	0	1
17.	Norway	0	1	0	1
19.	Republic of Ireland	0	0	2	2
19.	Romania	0	0	2	2
21.	Belarus	0	0	1	1
21.	Slovakia	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

(3) (2) (7) (1) (13) (6) (2) (7) (3) (5) (14) (13) (13) (13) (36)
(1) (36) (1) (29) (7) (7) (16) (6) (34) (5) (10) (1) (1) (1) (1)
(14) (6) (21) (12) (17) (57) (2) (5) (11) (6) (36) (13) (4) (12) (20)

External links

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