| Yelizaveta Matveyeva | |
| Nationality: | Kazakhstani |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | High jump |
| Birth Date: | 9 December 2001 |
| Pb: | High jump: 1.92m (Almaty, 2022) |
Yelizaveta Matveyeva (born 9 December 2001) is a high jumper fromKazakhstan.[1]
She became Kazakhstan national champion in the high jump in Almaty in 2022 with a height of 1.88 metres.[2] She set a personal best clearance of 1.92 metres at the XXXII Qosanov Memorial in Almaty on 25 June 2022.[3]
She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana with a clearance of 1.85 metres, as her country clinched a clean-sweep of the medals.[4] [5] She was a silver medalist at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok, missing gold on count back after clearing the same 1.86m height as compatriot Kristina Ovchinnikova.[6] She was selected to make her global competition debut at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, but did not qualify for the final.[7] [8]
In February 2024, she won the Kazhakstan national indoor title in Astana with a clearance of 1.88 metres.[9] She was a gold medalist in the high jump at the 2024 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran.[10]
She graduated from The Kazakh-American Free University in Almaty where she studied Physical Culture and Sports.[11]