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Kazakh female Olympic track and field athlete

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Olga Rypakova (born 30 November 1984 in Oskemen) is a Kazakhstani athletics competitor and politician. She has represented Kazakhstan in international competitions, including the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Asian Games, as well as the women's triple jump at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Her athletic career, which began in 2001, includes participation in the heptathlon and long jump disciplines.

Standing 183 cm tall and weighing 62 kg, Rypakova holds citizenship in both Kazakhstan and the Soviet Union. She has been recognized with the Order of Kurmet and the Order of Parasat. In addition to her sports career, she serves as a politician.

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Key facts

Full name
Ольга Сергеевна Рыпакова
Nationality
Kazakhstani
Born
( 1984-11-30 ) 30 November 1984 (age 41) , Oskemen , East Kazakhstan Region , Kazakh SSR , Soviet Union
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
62 kg (137 lb)
Country
Kazakhstan
Sport
Athletics
Event s
Heptathlon , triple jump , long jump

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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Oskemen
Country for sport
Kazakhstan
Mass
62
Image
Olga Rypakova Memorial Van Damme 2010.jpg
Height
183
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date of birth
1984-11-30
Commons category
Olga Rypakova
sports discipline competed in
long jump
name in native language
Ольга Рыпакова
start of work period
2001-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Olga Sergeyevna Rypakova (née Alekseyeva; Russian: Ольга Сергеевна Рыпакова); 30 November 1984) is a former Kazakhstani track and field athlete. Originally a heptathlete, she switched to focus on the long jump and began to compete in the triple jump after 2007. Her first successes came in the combined events at Asian competitions – she won the women's pentathlon at the 2005 Asian Indoor Games and took the heptathlon gold at the 2006 Asian Games the following year.

She competed in both jumping events at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and finished fourth in the triple jump with an Asian record of 15.11 metres. Rypakova has represented Kazakhstan at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships in Athletics. She reached the world podium for the first time at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where she took gold with an Asian indoor record jump of 15.14 m. She won the gold medal in triple jump at the 2012 London Olympics.

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