EKTOVA Irina

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (13.33)
2012	London, GBR	Qual. (13.39)
2008	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (12.92)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2015	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (13.61)
2013	Moscow, RUS	Qual. (13.37)
2011	Daegu, KOR	Qual. (14.01)
2009	Berlin, GER	Qual. (13.82)

Asian Games

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2018	Indonesia	6th (13.58)

Asian Championships

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	4th (13.40)
2017	Bhubaneswar, IND	2nd (13.62)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Irina Litvinenko

Athlete, Politician

North Kazakhstan State University, Petropavl, KAZ

Husband Yevgeniy, daughter Yana [2010]

Russian

Alexander Ektov [father-in-law], KAZ, from 1998; Nina Ektova [mother-in-law], KAZ

Her husband and coach Yevgeniy Ektov has represented Kazakhstan in triple jump, competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Her father-in-law Alexander Ektov is a jumping coach in Kazakhstan, and her mother-in-law Nina Ektova earned the title of Master of Sport in athletics in the Soviet Union. (kazathletics.kz, 2018; bnews.kz, 30 Dec 2015; comode.kz, 18 Sep 2015)

She began training in athletics at age 11. (bnews.kz, 30 Dec 2015)

Her gym teacher Anatoly Ignatenko noticed her potential and took her to an athletics training session, where she met her future coach Alexander Ektov. (bnews.kz, 30 Dec 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 30 Jun 2021)

Winning bronze in triple jump at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Republic of Korea. (Athlete, 27 Mar 2018)

She has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Kazakhstan. (shooting-sports.kz, 24 Dec 2020)