(1967-06-26) 26 June 1967 (age 56) Aşgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight
60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport
Track and field
Event
High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
High jump (outdoor): 2.05 m High jump (indoor): 2.00 m
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Soviet Union
World Championships
1991 Tokyo
High jump
Representing Ukraine
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
High jump
World Championships
1999 Seville
High jump
1997 Athens
High jump
2001 Edmonton
High jump
1995 Gothenburg
High jump
World Indoor Championships
1997 Paris
High Jump
2001 Lisbon
High Jump
1993 Toronto
High Jump
IAAF Grand Prix Final
1995 Fontvielle
High jump
1997 Fukuoka
High jump
1999 Munich
High jump
2001 Melbourne
High jump
Inha Babakova (née Butkus, born 26 June 1967) is a former high jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine. She was born in Asgabat, Turkmen SSR. Her personal best is 2.05 metres.
Babakova won an Olympic bronze medal in Atlanta 1996 and became World Champion in Seville 1999. She also won four other World Championship medals, with bronzes in 1991 and 1995 and silvers in 1997 and 2001. Track and Field News magazine ranked her in the world's top ten in their annual merit rankings for 13 out of 14 seasons (1991-2004), the exception being 1998. She was in the top five ten times. Only Stefka Kostadinova, among other female high jumpers, has more top ten rankings. Her 2.01 m clearance in Oslo on her 36th birthday in 2003 is the women's W35 World Record.[1]
^"Records Outdoor Women". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
InhaBabakova (née Butkus, born 26 June 1967) is a former high jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine. She was born in Asgabat, Turkmen...
details Hanne Haugland Norway (NOR) 1.99 m Olga Kaliturina Russia (RUS) InhaBabakova Ukraine (UKR) 1.96 m Not awarded Long jump details Lyudmila Galkina...
Silver Bronze High jump details Hestrie Cloete South Africa 2.00 (SB) InhaBabakova Ukraine 2.00 Kajsa Bergqvist Sweden 1.97 Pole vault details Stacy...
Canadian ice hockey player 1966 – Jürgen Reil, American drummer 1967 – InhaBabakova, Ukrainian high jumper 1967 – Olivier Dahan, French director and screenwriter...
Köpetdag Aşgabat play in the Ýokary Liga, the top league of Turkmenistan. InhaBabakova, 1999 World High Jump champion, was born in Ashgabat. Born in Ashgabat...
Bronze Oleksandr Bagach 1996 Atlanta Athletics Men's shot put Bronze InhaBabakova 1996 Atlanta Athletics Women's high jump Bronze Oleh Kyryukhin 1996...
years, 139 days Oldest champion Mutaz Essa Barshim 31 years, 24 days InhaBabakova 32 years, 63 days Oldest medalist Andriy Protsenko 34 years, 59 days...
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