Valentīna Gotovska

Valentīna Gotovska (born 3 September 1965 in Krāslava) is a retired Latvian long jumper.

Her personal best jump is 6.91 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tartu. In her earlier career she was a high jumper, with a personal best of 1.97 metres from 1990. Gotovska retired after the 2005 season.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Soviet Union
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	7th	High jump	1.89 m
Representing Latvia
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	5th	High jump	1.85 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	13th	High jump	1.83 m
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	17th (q)	High jump	1.86 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	8th	High jump	1.91 m
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	16th (q)	High jump	1.85 m
	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	6th	High jump	1.88 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	22nd (q)	High jump	1.85 m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	27th (q)	High jump	1.80 m
			18th (q)	Long jump	6.06 m
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	26th (q)	Long jump	6.32 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	28th (q)	Long jump	6.08 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	13th (q)	Long jump	6.43 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	29th (q)	Long jump	6.20 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	15th (q)	Long jump	6.47 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	15th (q)	Long jump	6.55 m
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	11th (q)	Long jump	6.42 m
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	19th (q)	Long jump	6.47 m
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	8th	Long jump	6.46 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	5th	Long jump	6.84 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	12th	Long jump	5.93 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	11th	Long jump	6.43 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	Long jump	6.67 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	24th (q)	Long jump	6.41 m
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	7th	Long jump	6.11 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	12th (q)	Long jump	6.29 m

External links

• Valentina Gotovska at World Athletics