POTEKHINA Irina

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
6	Long Jump - T20	2019	Dubai, UAE	5.33
European Championships
10	Long Jump - T20	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	2.54

Russian

Nizhegorodets Sports School [Nizhny Novgorod, RUS]

Valentina Sukhanova [personal], RUS; Evgeny Sukhanov [personal], RUS

She took up Para athletics at age 16 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2019)

She used to play football as a goalkeeper. Her quick reactions and jumping ability eventually took her to athletics. (pravda-nn.ru, 12 Dec 2017)

To win a medal at the Paralympic Games. (Athlete, 05 Mar 2021)

Winning gold medals in 4x200m relay and long jump at the 2019 INAS European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. (Athlete, 22 Oct 2019)

Russian footballer Vyacheslav Malafeev, Serbian long jumper Ivana Spanovic, Russian long jumper Darya Klishina. (Athlete, 23 Mar 2020)

"Sport is such a chance to take a worthy place in life. But for this you need to work, work and work again." (pravda-nn.ru, 12 Dec 2017)

In 2017 she received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (paralymp.ru, 20 Feb 2020; pravda-nn.ru, 12 Dec 2017)