Irina Aleksandrovna Meleshina-Simagina () (born 25 May 1982, in

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) is a Russian

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er. Simagina won the

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at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. She was then more or less away from the international scene the next two seasons. She did not start at the 2005 World Championships, despite having entered the competition, and gave birth to a daughter in the summer of 2006. She returned to competition in early 2007. Her personal best jump is 7.27 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Tula.

Performance Enhancement Drug Use

On April 24, 2012, The Russian athletics federation sanctioned Meleshina with a 2-year ban from competition retroacted to Feb. 21, 2012, following a positive drug test in February of the same year. Thus, eliminating her bid for the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London.

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* 1982 births Living people Doping cases in athletics Russian female long jumpers Russian sportspeople in doping cases Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Ryazan Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-longjump-athletics-bio-stub