Personal information | |
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Full name | Svetlana Pessova |
Nationality | Turkmenistan |
Born | Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union | 27 September 1981
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Long jump |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | Long jump: 6.63 (2004) |
Svetlana Pessova (born 27 September 1981 in Ashgabat) is a retired Turkmen long jumper.[1] Pessova qualified for the Turkmen squad in the women's long jump at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by granting a tripartite invitation from the National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan and the IAAF with her entry jump of 6.63 metres.[2] During the prelims, Pessova fouled her first attempt, but managed to put down a tremendous effort with a 5.64-metre leap on her second attempt, missing the target by nearly a single metre from her personal best. Taking a leap by a six-centimetre deficit on her last attempt, Pessova became the last among the thirty-seven remaining long jumpers to earn a spot on the overall standings at the end of the qualifying stage.[3]