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Kristina Savitskaya

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Kristina Savitskaya
Savitskaya at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1991-06-10) June 10, 1991 (age 33)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Country Russia
SportWomen's athletics
EventHeptathlon
Coached byVladimir Slushkin
Updated on 4 August 2012

Kristina Savitskaya (Russian: Кристина Савицкая born 10 June 1991) is a Russian track and field athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event.[1] In the 800 m event of the heptathlon, her foot crossed the lane-marking line too early, but this led to a mistaken disqualification of Lilli Schwarzkopf in the neighbouring lane. However, the disqualification was rescinded when Schwarzkopf pointed out the error.[2] Savitskaya's final place was corrected from seventh to eighth.[3]

She won the national title at the Russian Athletics Championships in 2012 and 2013.

International competitions

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Representing  Russia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Result Notes
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 7th Heptathlon 5834
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 6th Heptathlon 6452 Originally 8th (Tatyana Chernova and Lyudmyla Yosypenko disqualified [4])
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 4th Heptathlon 6096 Originally 5th (Tatyana Chernova disqualified)
World Championships Moscow, Russia Heptathlon DNF Did not start 800 m

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Heptathlon". London2012.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "Schwarzkopf gewinnt Silber bei Siebenkampf ihres Lebens". Olympia - Olympische Spiele - Sommerspiele - London 2012 - News. Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Семиборка Кристина Савицкая – восьмая на Олимпиаде в Лондоне". VolgaNews. 6 August 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. ^ "London 2012 heptathlon women Results - Olympic athletics". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2022-07-04.