Ksenija Balta

Ksenija Balta ( born November 1, 1986 in Minsk) is an Estonian athlete.

Sporting career

Balta began her athletic career as a heptathlete. At the Junior European Championships in 2005 in Kaunas, she won the bronze medal with 5745 points. During her first major international event in the seniors, the European Indoor Championships in Madrid in 2005 she was awarded 3711 points 14th in the pentathlon. On 1 June 2006, it achieved within the framework of the Seven struggle in Arles with a time of 23.05 s on the 200 meters Estonian record. The competition, she finished with a personal best of 6180 points. This year for the first time won the Estonian Championship titles in the heptathlon. At the European Championships in Gothenburg in 2006 she went over the 100 meters and long jump at the start. In the 100-meter competition they failed with national record of 11.47 s in the first round. In the long jump qualification she could after invalid attempts just make a security jump and retired with a disappointing width of 6.03 m in twelfth in qualifying Group A from. Four days later, she showed her potential at a competition in the domestic Tallinn, as they could conquer their third Estonian national record this year with 6.80m, which would have been enough at the European Championships to win the bronze medal. In February Balta ersprintete in Kuressaare on the rare way past 50 meters with a time of 6.35 s their fourth national record. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she started again in the long jump, where they were beaten again failed with a width of 6.38 m in the qualification. The fact that they had been beaten again under value, Balta proved the IAAF World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, where she could take second place behind Naide Gomes. In March 2009, she succeeded in this for the first time at a major international event. With a width of 6.87 m, she won with national record and Weltjahresbestleistung the gold medal at the European Indoor Championships 2009 in Turin. At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, she documents with 6.62 m eighth.

Personal best

  • Long Jump: 6.80m ( 0.6 m / s), August 15, 2006, Tallinn, Estonian national record
  • Long Jump (Hall ): 6.87 m, March 7, 2009, Lignano Sabbiadoro, Estonian national record
  • 100 meters: 11.47 s ( 1.0 m / s), August 8, 2006, Gothenburg, Estonian national record
  • 200 meters: 23.05 s ( 1.3 m / s), 1 July 2006, Arles, Estonian national record
  • 50 meters: 6.35 s February 28, 2008, Kuressaare, Estonian national record
  • Heptathlon: 6180 points, 2nd July 2006 Arles

Awards

  • Estonian Sportswoman of the Year 2009
2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships 2005 European Athletics Indoor Championships 2006 European Athletics Championships 2009 World Championships in Athletics Postimees
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