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The pictures above show Venelina during the final of the women's High
Jump at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg. She produced a
superb performance to win the silver medal with a championship record
equalling leap of 2.03m. That jump of 2.03m put her level with Belgium's
Tia Hellebaut at the head of the field but when neither athlete was
able to improve the record Hellebaut took the gold on the coutback rule.
The medal was the 32 year old Venena's first at a major championship
although she had gone so close back in 2001 at the World Championships,
missing out on the bronze to Kajsa Bergqvist on the countback rule. In
Gothenburg it was to be Veneva who got the better of Bergqvist, the
Swede forced to settle for third place with a clearance of 2.01m.
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Women's High Jump final.
European Champs 1998
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| 1. Monica DINESCU |
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ROM |
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1.97 |
| 2. Donata JANCEWICZ |
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POL |
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1.95 |
| 3. Alina ASTAFEI |
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GER |
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1.95 |
| 4. Sigrid KIRCHMANN |
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AUT |
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1.92 |
| 5. Venelina VENEVA |
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BUL |
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1.92 |
| 6. Yelena GULYAYEVA |
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RUS |
|
1.92 |
| 7. Viktoriya STYOPINA |
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UKR |
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1.92 |
| 8. Pia ZINCK |
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DEN |
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1.89 |
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Women's High Jump final.
World Champs 2001
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| 1. Hestrie CLOETE |
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RSA |
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2.00 |
| 2. Inha BABAKOVA |
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UKR |
|
2.00 |
| 3. Kajsa BERGQUIST |
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SWE |
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1.97 |
| 4. Venelina VENEVA |
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BUL |
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1.97 |
| 5. Vita PALAMAR |
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UKR |
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1.94 |
| 6. Blanca VLASIC |
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CRO |
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1.94 |
| 7.=Monica IAGAR-DINESCU |
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ROM |
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1.90 |
| 7.=Dora GYORFFY |
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HUN |
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1.90 |
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Women's High Jump final.
World Champs 2003
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| 1. Hestrie CLOETE |
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RSA |
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2.06 |
| 2. Marina KUPTSOVA |
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RUS |
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2.00 |
| 3. Kajsa BERGQVIST |
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SWE |
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2.00 |
| 4. Venelina VENEVA |
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BUL |
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1.98 |
| 5. Vita PALAMAR |
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UKR |
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1.95 |
| 6. Anna CHICHEROVA |
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RUS |
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1.95 |
| 7. Blank VLASIC |
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CRO |
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1.95 |
| 8. Juana Rosario ARRENDEL |
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DOM |
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1.95 |
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Women's High Jump Final.
European Champs 2006
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| 1. Tia HELLEBAUT |
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BEL |
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2.03 |
| 2. Venelina VENEVA |
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BUL |
|
2.03 |
| 3. Kajsa BERGQVIST |
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SWE |
|
2.01 |
| 4. Blanka VLASIC |
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CRO |
|
2.01 |
| 5. Yelena SLESARENKO |
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RUS |
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1.99 |
| 6. Iryna MYHALCHENKO |
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UKR |
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1.95 |
| 7.=Yekaterina SAVCHENKO |
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RUS |
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1.95 |
| 7.=Anna CHICHEROVA |
|
RUS |
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1.95 |
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Venelina is pictured above at the 2006 Grand Prix Final in Stuttgart. She finished in third place
in the High Jump on the countback rule after she, Kajsa Bergqvist and Tia Hellebaut had all
cleared 1.98m. Bergqvist finished first and Hellebaut second.
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Women's High Jump.
2006 Grand Prix Final
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| 1. Kajsa Bergqvist |
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SWE |
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1.98 |
| 2. Tia Hellebaut |
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BEL |
|
1.98 |
| 3. Venelina Veneva |
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BUL |
|
1.98 |
| 4. Yelena Slesarenko |
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RUS |
|
1.94 |
| 5. Amy Acuff |
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USA |
|
1.94 |
| 6. Ruth Beitia |
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ESP |
|
1.90 |
| 6. Anna Chicherova |
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RUS |
|
1.90 |
| 6. Blanka Vlasic |
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CRO |
|
1.90 |
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ANNUAL PROGRESS.
2015 1.90
2014 1.92 Izmir 04 JUN
2013 1.90 pravets 16 JUN
2013 1.90 Bucuresti 07 JUN
2012 1.95 Izmir 20 MAY
2011 1.98 Split 24 JUN
2010 1.95 Sofia 13 JUN
2010 1.95 Kalamáta 29 MAY
2009 1.95 Sofia 14 JUN
2006 2.04 Zürich 18 AUG
2005 1.98 Istanbul 04 JUN
2004 2.01 Plovdiv 06 JUN
2003 2.01 Rieti 07 SEP
2001 2.04 Kalamáta 02 JUN (Personal best)
2000 2.01 Kalamáta 04 JUN
1999 1.90 Plovdiv 03 JUL
1998 2.03 Kalamáta 23 MAY
1996 1.88 Réthimno 26 MAY
1995 1.94 Sofia 20 MAY
1994 1.90 Stara Zagora 16 JUL
1993 1.85 Stara Zagora 24 JUL
1992 1.91 Sofia 07 JUN
1991 1.91 Thessaloníki 11 AUG
1990 1.90 Varna