Zhanna Gureyeva (; born 10 June 1970) is a Belarusian female former track and field athlete who competed in the triple jump. She was a three-time representative of her native country at the World Championships in Athletics, featuring in 1993, 1995 and 1997, and making the final on the latter two occasions. Her lifetime best of came in the qualifying round of the 1997 World Championships.Zhanna Gureyea. Track and Field Statistics. Retrieved 2018-02-17.Zhanna Gureyeva. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
Her first international medal came at the 1998 European Cup, where she took bronze.European Cup (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-17. She was also bronze medallist at the 1997 Summer Universiade.Universiade (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-17. Gureyeva was a four-time national champion, winning at the Belarus Athletics Championships in 1995, 1997 and 1999, and indoors in 2002.Belarusian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
Born in Voronezh Oblast, she was invited to try out for athletics by a local coach, Alexander Sinkevich. She began training seriously with Eugene Rusakov. She studied sports at university and joined the main coach of her career, Valery Bunin, in 1987. Following her retirement from competitive athletics, she continued in the sports field as a professor at the Belarusian State University of Physical Training.НА РАСПУТЬЕ. Время уходить, время начинать . Pressball. Retrieved 2018-02-17. Гуреева Жанна Станиславовна . SportEdu. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
International competitions 1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany16th (q)Triple jump13.30 m1995European CupVilleneuve d'Ascq, France3rdTriple jump14.25 mWorld ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden7thTriple jump14.22 m1997UniversiadeCatania, Italy3rdTriple jump13.93 mWorld ChampionshipsAthens, Greece12thTriple jump13.59 m1998European Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain17th (q)Triple jump12.87 m
National titles Belarus Athletics Championships Triple jump: 1995, 1997, 1999 Belarus Indoor Championships Triple jump: 2002
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