Birth Date: | 10 June 1991 |
Weight: | 72kg (159lb) |
Sport: | Women's athletics |
Event: | Heptathlon |
Coach: | Vladimir Slushkin |
Updated: | 4 August 2012 |
Kristina Savitskaya (Russian: Кристина Савицкая born 10 June 1991) is a Russian track and field athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event.[1] In the 800 m event of the heptathlon, her foot crossed the lane-marking line too early, but this led to a mistaken disqualification of Lilli Schwarzkopf in the neighbouring lane. However, the disqualification was rescinded when Schwarzkopf pointed out the error.[2] Savitskaya's final place was corrected from seventh to eighth.[3]
She won the national title at the Russian Athletics Championships in 2012 and 2013.
2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 7th | Heptathlon | 5834 | |
2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 6th | Heptathlon | 6452 | Originally 8th (Tatyana Chernova and Lyudmyla Yosypenko disqualified [4]) |
2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 4th | Heptathlon | 6096 | Originally 5th (Tatyana Chernova disqualified) |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | — | Heptathlon | Did not start 800 m |