Khristina Kalcheva
Bulgarian high jumper
Khristina Kalcheva (Russian: Христина Калчева; born 29 May 1977) is a retired Bulgarian athlete specialising in the high jump.[1] She is the World Indoor Champion from 1999. She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics failing to get a valid jump.
She was born in Aleksin in Russia's Tula Oblast.[2]
She has a personal best of 1.99 metres both outdoors and indoors.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 16th (q) | 1.87 m | |
1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 1st | 1.99 m | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | – | NM |
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World indoor champions in women's high jump
- 1985:
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
- 1987:
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
- 1989:
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
- 1991:
Heike Henkel (GER)
- 1993:
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
- 1995:
Alina Astafei (GER)
- 1997:
Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)
- 1999:
Khristina Kalcheva (BUL)
- 2001:
Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
- 2003:
Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
- 2004:
Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)
- 2006:
Yelena Slesarenko (RUS)
- 2008:
Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
- 2010:
Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
- 2012:
Chaunté Lowe (USA)
- 2014:
Mariya Lasitskene (RUS)
2016:Kamila Lićwinko (POL)
- 2016:
Vashti Cunningham (USA)
- 2018:
Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)
- 2022:
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
- 2024:
Nicola Olyslagers (AUS)
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