Ekaterina Alexandrovna Voronina (; born 16 February 1992 in Tashkent) is a retired Uzbekistani track and field athlete who competes in the heptathlon. Her personal best for the event is 6346 points in 2021. She was the gold medallist in the event at the 2014 Asian Games. She is part of the Central Army Sports Club and is coached by Pavel Andreev, a compatriot and fellow multi-eventer.
As a teenager, Voronina specialised in the javelin throw and was runner-up at the national championships at the age of fifteen. She represented her country in that event at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics, competing in the qualifying round only. She took up the heptathlon event in 2011 and soon afterwards won the Uzbekistan national title with a personal best of 5287 points. After an absence in the 2012 season she returned to make her senior international debut at the 2013 Asian Athletics Championships. Five personal bests saw her accumulate 5599 points and take the silver medal behind the defending champion, Wassana Winatho of Thailand. Voronina won her second national title in September that year.
At the start of the following season, she entered her first major women's pentathlon competition at the 2014 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. She had a three-way tie on 3951 points with Irina Karpova and Sepideh Tavakoli and was placed fourth on head-to-head results. Yuliya Tarasova, another Uzbekistani athlete, was the silver medallist at the competition. Moving into the outdoor season she set a personal best of 5890 points in Asikkala in August. She was chosen to compete at the 2014 Asian Games and established herself among the region's best athletes by taking the gold medal in a score of 5912 points. Setting bests in the 100 metres hurdles, high jump, 200 metres, and the 800 metres final, she beat both defending champion Tarasova and the Asian indoor champion Wang Qingling of China.Minshull, Phil (29 September 2014). Barshim battles tiredness but still triumphs with Asian Games record in Inchon. IAAF. Retrieved 2 October 2014. she is finished 12 at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
International competitions 2009World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy14th (q)Javelin throw46.13 m2013Asian ChampionshipsPune, India2ndHeptathlon5599 pts2014Asian Indoor ChampionshipsHangzhou, China4thPentathlon3951 ptsAsian GamesIncheon, South Korea1stHeptathlon5912 pts2015Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China1stHeptathlon5689 ptsWorld ChampionshipsBeijing, China24thHeptathlon5701 pts2016Asian Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar1stPentathlon4224 ptsOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil –HeptathlonDNF2018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia5thHeptathlon5826 pts2019Asian ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar1stHeptathlon6198 ptsWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar10thHeptathlon6099 pts2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan12thHeptathlon6298 pts2023Asian Indoor ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstan1stPentathlon4386 ptsAsian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand1stHeptathlon6098 ptsWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary16thHeptathlon5922 ptsAsian GamesHangzhou, China2ndHeptathlon6056 pts
Personal bests
Heptathlon – 6346 points (2021) 100 metres hurdles – 14.19 sec (2021) High jump – 1.85 m (2021) Shot put – 14.05 m (2019) 200 metres – 24.67 sec (2021) Long jump – 6.27 m (2021) Javelin throw – 53.53 m (2019) 800 metres – 2:14.81 min (2018)
Women's pentathlon – 4386 points (2023) 60 metres hurdles – 8.76 sec (2023) High jump – 1.81 m (2016) Shot put – 13.66 m (2015) Long jump – 6.00 m (2015) 800 metres – 2:17.22 min (2023)
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