Tatyana Kotova

Tatyana Vladimirovna Kotova (Russian: Татьяна Владимировна Котова, born 11 December 1976) is a track and field athlete who competed for Russia in the long jump.

Her personal best jump of 7.42 m at Annecy in 2002, is the best distance achieved by a female long jumper in the 21st century (as of 2023).

She won three consecutive silver medals at the World Championships in Athletics from 2001 to 2005, also taking bronze in 2007.

She was injured in a car accident in August 2000,[1] and went on to finish fourth less than two months later at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

[citation needed] Kotova managed to both win and lose medals due to doping.