Diana Zagainova

Diana Zagainova
Personal information
Born (1997-06-20) June 20, 1997
Vilnius, Lithuania
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Country Lithuania
SportAthletics
Event
Triple Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bests14.43 (NR)
Medal record
Summer World University Games
Silver medal – second place2021 ChengduTriple jump
Updated on 30 June 2019

Diana Zagainova (born 20 June 1997 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian triple jumper. She has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Career

She won the Lithuanian Indoor Athletics Championships triple jump competition in 2019 with a mark of 13.97 metres.[1] She subsequent competed at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, but did not qualify for the final.[2]

On 30 June 2019 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Diana Zagainova broke the Lithuanian record with a mark of 14.43 m (+ 1,8 m/s).[3] In doing so, she improved her personal best by 30 centimetres and added 17 centimetres to the previous national record set by Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė just 12 days prior.[4] In July 2019, she jumped 13.82 metres to win the gold medal at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gävle, Sweden.[5]

She competed in the triple jump at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.

At the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, she finished in fourteenth place in the qualifying of the triple jump with a best jump of 13.37 metres which was not sufficient to make the final.[6] She won the silver medal in the triple jump at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games held in Chengdu, China in August 2023 with a best jump of 14.02 metres.[7]

She competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics, jumping 12.86 metres but did not qualify for the final.[8]

She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, Netherlands finishing fourteenth in the qualifying round with a best jump of 13.42 metres, which was not enough to qualify for the final.[9]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
2016 IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 16th 12.41
2017 Lithuanian Championships Palanga, Lithuania 1st 13.53
Summer Universiade Taipe, Taiwan 15th 12.56
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 7th 13.44
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 15th 13.36
2019 European U23 Championships Gavle, Sweden 1st 13.89
2023 Summer Universiade Chengdu, China 2nd 14.02

References

  1. ↑ "Lithuanian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 14 Feb 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "European Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Trišuolininkė Zagainova pagerino Lietuvos rekordą ir įvykdė olimpinį normatyvą". DELFI Sportas. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "European Athletics - Wilson speeds to Swiss 200m record of 19.98 in La Chaux-de-Fonds". european-athletics. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "European U23 Championships". World Athletics. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". Watch Athletics. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Summer World University Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Women's Triple jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  9. ↑ "Women's Triple Jump Results - European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 7 March 2025. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
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