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olga rypakova during 2010 memorial van damme 24 august 2015 triple jump , long jump oskemen , kazakhstan 62 kg lb on 250px 1.83 athletics 30 november 1984 olga rypakova memorial van damme 2010.jpg olga rypakova

olga rypakova

olga rypakova -lrb- ; née alekseyeva ; 30 november 1984 -rrb- is a kazakhstan track and field athlete of russian descent .
originally a heptathlete , she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007 .
her first successes came in the combined events at asian competitions -- she won the women 's pentathlon at the 2005 asian indoor games and took the heptathlon gold at the 2006 asian games the following year .
she competed in both jumping events at the 2008 beijing olympics and finished fourth in the triple jump with an asian record of 15.11 metres .
rypakova has represented kazakhstan at the 2007 and 2009 world championships in athletics .
she reached the world podium for the first time at the 2010 iaaf world indoor championships , where she took gold with an asian indoor record jump of 15.14 m .
she won the gold medal in triple jump at the 2012 london olympics .
