Diana Zagainova
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 20, 1997 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Triple Jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 14.43 (NR) |
Medal record | |
| Updated on 30 June 2019 | |
Diana Zagainova (born 20 June 1997 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian triple jumper. She has competed at multiple major championships, including the 2020 Tokyo and 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
She won the Lithuanian Indoor Athletics Championships triple jump competition in 2019 with a mark of 13.97 metres.[1] She subsequent competed at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, but did not qualify for the final.[2]
On 30 June 2019 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Diana Zagainova broke the Lithuanian record with a mark of 14.43 m (+ 1,8 m/s).[3] In doing so, she improved her personal best by 30 centimetres and added 17 centimetres to the previous national record set by Dovilė Dzindzaletaitė just 12 days prior.[4] In July 2019, she jumped 13.82 metres to win the gold medal at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gävle, Sweden.[5]
She competed in the triple jump at the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games.
At the 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, she finished in fourteenth place in the qualifying of the triple jump with a best jump of 13.37 metres which was not sufficient to make the final.[6] She won the silver medal in the triple jump at the delayed 2021 Summer World University Games held in Chengdu, China in August 2023 with a best jump of 14.02 metres.[7]
She competed in the triple jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics, jumping 12.86 metres but did not qualify for the final.[8]
She was selected for the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Appeldoorn, Netherlands finishing fourteenth in the qualifying round with a best jump of 13.42 metres, which was not enough to qualify for the final.[9]
