Mariya Lasitskene

Mariya Lasitskene
	Lasitskene in 2017
Personal information
Birth name	Mariya Aleksandrovna Kuchina
Nationality	Russian
Born	14 January 1993; Prokhladny, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia; Authorised Neutral Athletes (2017–19)
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2020 Tokyo; High jump, Gold;
World finals	2015 Beijing; High jump, Gold; 2017 London; High jump, Gold; 2019 Doha; High jump, Gold;
Personal bests	High jump: Outdoor; 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) (Lausanne 2017/Ostrava 2019) Indoor; 2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Moscow 2020)
Medal record
Senior level
Representing ROC
Olympic Games
Representing Authorised Neutral Athletes
World Championships
World Indoor Championships
European Championships
European Indoor Championships
Representing Russia
World Championships
World Indoor Championships
Military World Games
European Championships
European Indoor Championships
European Junior Championships
Youth Olympic Games
World Junior Championships
World Youth Championships
Representing Europe
Continental Cup

Mariya Aleksandrovna Lasitskene (Russian: Мария Александровна Ласицкене, pronounced [mɐˈrʲijə ləsʲɪtsˈkʲenɨ]; née Kuchina; born 14 January 1993) is a Russian athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the 2020 Olympic champion and three-time world champion (2015, 2017, and 2019). With her victory in Tokyo, Lasitskene became the fourth female high jumper in history (after Stefka Kostadinova, Heike Henkel & Anna Chicherova) to win gold at both the Olympic Games and the World Championships.

Lasitskene was not able to defend her Olympic high jump title due to a World Athletics ruling banning Russian track and field athletes from competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics.