Tatyana Blokhina (née Sidorova, ); born 12 March 1970) is a Russian female former track and field athlete who competed for Russia and the Soviet Union in combined track and field events. She won a gold medal at heptathlon in 1989 European Athletics Junior Championships
Career She is a two-time Russian national champion, having won the heptathlon in 1993 and the indoor pentathlon in 1999.Russian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-11.Russian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-11. She was twice winner at the Décastar meeting (1993, 1995) and on her first victory she set a meeting record in the high jump of . This was her speciality event and she holds a personal best of overall.Tatyana Blokhina. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
She represented her country at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics and the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics, but failed to complete all seven events on those occasions. She had more success at European level, winning a gold medal at the 1989 European Athletics Junior Championships and placing fifth in the pentathlon at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships.European Junior Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
Blokhina ranked third in the world for the 1993 indoor season, in which she set a career best total of 4669 points for pentathlon in Moscow.World Top Performers Indoor (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-12. Her personal best in the heptathlon, 6703 points achieved at the 1993 Décastar, ranked her second among Europeans that season behind Germany's Sabine Braun,European Top Performers. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-12. and fourth at global level – her highest career ranking. As of 2018, her career best ranked her 25th on the all-time heptathlon rankings.All Time Lists Senior Outdoor Heptathlon Women. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
International competitions 1988World Junior ChampionshipsSudbury, Canada —Heptathlon1989European Junior ChampionshipsVaraždin, Yugoslavia1stHeptathlon6032 pts1992European Indoor ChampionshipsGenoa, Italy5thPentathlon4617 pts1993World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland —Heptathlon
National titles Russian Athletics Championships Heptathlon: 1993 Russian Indoor Athletics Championships Pentathlon: 1999
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