Kristina Savitskaya ( born 10 June 1991) is a Russian track and field athlete. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event. 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 However, the disqualification was rescinded when Schwarzkopf pointed out the error. Savitskaya's final place was corrected from seventh to eighth.
She won the national title at the Russian Athletics Championships in 2012 and 2013.
International competitions 2011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic7thHeptathlon58342012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom6th Heptathlon6452Originally 8th (Tatyana Chernova and Lyudmyla Yosypenko disqualified )2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia4thHeptathlon6096Originally 5th (Tatyana Chernova disqualified)World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia —HeptathlonDid not start 800 m
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