Russian long jumper Darya Klishina, at just 20 years of age, can already boast many accomplishments, including the titles of World Youth and European Junior champion, and the gold medal from the 2011 European Indoors, in Paris. “We exchanged a few words with Maria Sharapova, who is also an IMG athlete,” Darya says. 1.80m/ 57kg . I do miss my parents, but I can always come to see them on the weekend,” Klishina continues. [6] She qualified for the long jump final, finishing ninth. Your email address will not be published. Last edited on 16 September 2020, at 11:39, 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36757568, "Russia athletics suffers final disgrace as last competitor barred", https://www.facebook.com/DaryaKlishina/posts/1162806970429112, "Exclusive: Russia's Klishina to compete after appeal upheld", Darya Klishina long jump events - videos and pictures, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Darya_Klishina&oldid=978690204, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 September 2020, at 11:39. Chistyakova believes that Darya Klishina is capable of beating her record, and one day jumping further than 7.52m. But Klishina poses almost nude for men’s magazines, gives outright interviews and.. still long jumps better than anybody in Russia in her age group. I usually cannot jump exactly from the board, and steal precious centimetres from myself.”. At just 13, Klishina had to leave her parents and go to Moscow for training. Her mother worked as laboratory assistant at one of the scientific institutes. This finish marked the first time in 20 years that a Russian woman failed to win a medal in the long jump. All that fuss about doping has probably left consequences on Klishinas performance. Klishina’s family was never involved in professional sports, although her father – now a manager – high jumped 2.15m in his youth. "[4][5] On 15 August 2016, the eve of the long jump event, Klishina's appeal was upheld, once again allowing her to compete. This jump from Zhukovkiy was also the second-best jump in the world that year. [1][2] This jump was also the second best jump in the world that year, behind only her teammate Olga Kucherenko's mark of 7.13 metres that year. In 2016. Her result from Zhukovskiy on that warm summer day is still the best junior result in Russian long jump history. In fact, Klishina first did so in Paris in 2011, and regained her title in Gothenburg in March this year. But it wasn’t that good for Klishina at the Summer Olympics. Professional Russian long jumper who has earned victories at competitions including the European Junior Championships, European Indoor Championships, European U23 Championships and Universiade. When I come to Tver I get bored..". On the long jump runway, Klishina was never bored. The rest looked like a fairy tale – from year to year Klishina was reaping gold medals from all the main competitions. Your email address will not be published. In spite of all the glory, the main goal in 2010 for Klishina was not achieved. She has the potential to break the World record,” said back then in Zhukovskiy Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, former World record holder in long jump and now first vice president of the All-Russia athletic federation. I started, as most of the Russian kids, with heptathlon, but soon it became evident that shot put was definitely not for me,” Klishina laughs. Like what you see, why not follow her on Instagram (@dariaklishina) or Facebook! Required fields are marked *. Klishina is the first Russian athlete ever to work with IMG, which specialises mainly in tennis and golf players.