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.

Her personal best jump is 7.27 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Tula.

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.

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