Olga Rypakova

Olga Rypakova is a former Kazakhstani track and field athlete who specialized in the long jump and triple jump. Born in Oskemen, Kazakhstan on 30 November 1984, she stands 6'0" tall with an athletic build, blonde hair, and green eyes. She started her career around the age of 15 in 2000, originally competing as a heptathlete before switching focus to the long jump and later the triple jump after 2007.

Rypakova's early successes came in combined events at Asian competitions. She won the women's pentathlon at the 2005 Asian Indoor Games and took the heptathlon gold at the 2006 Asian Games. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she competed in both jumping events and finished fourth in the triple jump with an Asian record of 15.11 meters. She also represented Kazakhstan at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships in Athletics. Her first world podium came at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, where she won gold with an Asian indoor record leap of 15.14 meters. In 2012, she captured the Olympic gold medal in the triple jump at the London Games.

In February 2023, Rypakova announced her retirement from professional sports. At 41 years old, she has amassed 26 years of active competition. Her Instagram following numbers 25k, and she remains a notable figure in Kazakhstani athletics.