Ineta Radēviča

Medal record

Radeviča at the 2010 European Championships
Women's athletics
Competitor for  Latvia
World Championships
Bronze 2011 Daegu Long jump
European Championships
Gold 2010 Barcelona Long jump
European U23 Championships
Bronze 2003 Bydgoszcz Long jump
Bronze 2003 Bydgoszcz Triple jump

Ineta Radēviča (born 13 July 1981 in Krāslava) is a Latvian athlete, competing in the long jump and triple jump.

Radēviča won the bronze medal in the 2003 European U-23 championship. She has also won two NCAA championships, while competing for the University of Nebraska. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she was 13th in the triple jump and 20th in the long jump. Radēviča became popular after posing nude for Playboy magazine before the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1] She finished fifth at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and eighth at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships. By the time 2008 Summer Olympics were held, she was pregnant and missed the competition.

At the 2010 European Championships she won the long jump event with a new Latvian record of 6.92 metres. In 2011 she won the bronze medal in the world championships in Daegu with a result of 6.76 m.

She is married to Russian ice hockey player Petr Schastlivy and is coached by Igor Ter-Ovanesyan.[2]

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Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Latvia
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd 14.04 m (TJ)
3rd 6.70 m (LJ)
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 13th 6.53 m (LJ)
20th 14.12 m (TJ)
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 20th 6.34 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st 6.92 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 3rd 6.76 m

Personal bests

Event Record Venue Year
Long jump 6.92 m Barcelona, Spain 2010
Triple jump 14.12 m Athens, Greece 2004

References

  1. ^ "Ineta Radeviča: "Šķīrusies, gaidu mīlestību"". Apollo.lv. 2006. http://apollo.lv/portal/fun/36/articles/64713/0. Retrieved 2010.  (Latvian)
  2. ^ Dolgopolov, Nickolai; Orlov, Rostislav (14 January 2007). "Jumpers fly high at Moscow ‘Christmas Cup’". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/news/Kind=2/newsId=37233.html. Retrieved 16 January 2007. 

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Awards
Preceded by
Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
Latvian Women's Sportspersonality of the Year
2010-2011
Succeeded by
Incumbent