Inha Babakova - Wikipedia

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Inha Alvidasivna Babakova

Personal information
Full name	Інга Альвідасівна Бабакова
Nationality	Ukraine
Born	26 June 1967 (age 57) Aşgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	High jump (outdoor): 2.05 m High jump (indoor): 2.00 m
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Soviet Union World Championships 1991 Tokyo High jump Representing  Ukraine Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta High jump World Championships 1999 Seville High jump 1997 Athens High jump 2001 Edmonton High jump 1995 Gothenburg High jump World Indoor Championships 1997 Paris High Jump 2001 Lisbon High Jump 1993 Toronto High Jump IAAF Grand Prix Final 1995 Fontvielle High jump 1997 Fukuoka High jump 1999 Munich High jump 2001 Melbourne High jump

Inha Babakova (née Butkus, born 26 June 1967) is a former high jumper who represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine. She was born in Asgabat, Turkmen SSR. Her personal best is 2.05 metres.

Babakova won an Olympic bronze medal in Atlanta 1996^[1] and became World Champion in Seville 1999. She also won four other World Championship medals, with bronzes in 1991 and 1995 and silvers in 1997 and 2001. Track and Field News magazine ranked her in the world's top ten in their annual merit rankings for 13 out of 14 seasons (1991-2004), the exception being 1998. She was in the top five ten times. Only Stefka Kostadinova, among other female high jumpers, has more top ten rankings. Her 2.01 m clearance in Oslo on her 36th birthday in 2003 is the women's W35 World Record.^[2]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Soviet Union
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	1.96 m
Representing  Ukraine
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	3rd	2.00 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	1.93 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	1.99 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	3rd	2.01 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	2nd	2.00 m
World Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	1.96 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	1.99 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	5th	1.96 m
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd	2.00 m
World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd	2.00 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	8th	1.92 m
World Championships	Paris, France	15th q	1.88 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	9th	1.93 m

Note: Results with a q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.

• Female two metres club

Sporting positions
Preceded by Stefka Kostadinova	Women's High Jump Best Year Performance 1994 – 1995	Succeeded by Stefka Kostadinova
Preceded by Stefka Kostadinova	Women's High Jump Best Year Performance alongside Stefka Kostadinova 1997	Succeeded by Venelina Veneva