Marina Aleksandrovna Aitova, née Korzhova (born 13 September 1982) is a Kazakhstani high jumper. Her personal best jump is 1.99 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Athens.
Biography Born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, Aitova made her first appearances on the world stage in 2003, competing at the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, but she did not get beyond the qualifiers in either competition. Aitova represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics, but again she failed to progress beyond the qualifying round. She competed at the 2007 World Championships and finished seventh in the final. In 2008, she took fifth place in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics and attended the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing tenth overall. She made her second World Championships appearance at 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but did not make the final cut. She won the gold at the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, equalling the championship record of 1.93 metres.
Achievements 1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland4th1.79 mAsian Junior ChampionshipsSingapore4th1.79 m2000World Junior ChampionshipsSantiago, Chile9th1.80 mAsian ChampionshipsDjakarta, Indonesia 2nd1.83 m2001Asian Junior ChampionshipsBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei1st1.85 m2002Asian ChampionshipsColombo, Sri Lanka 3rd1.84 mAsian GamesBusan, South Korea =2nd1.88 m2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom17th (q)1.87 mWorld ChampionshipsParis, France23rd (q) 1.80 mAfro-Asian GamesHyderabad, India1st1.88 m2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece31st (q)1.85 m2006Asian Indoor ChampionshipsPattaya, Thailand 1st1.93 mWorld CupAthens, Greece 3rd1.94 mAsian GamesDoha, Qatar 1st1.93 m2007UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand 1st1.92 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan7th1.94 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain5th1.95 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China7th1.93 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany13th (q) 1.92 m2010Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran 1st1.93 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar7th1.91 m2011Asian ChampionshipsKobe, Japan 3rd1.89 mWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea19th (q)1.89 m2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom –NM2013Asian ChampionshipsPune, India3rd1.88 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia25th (q)1.83 m2014Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea4th1.85 m
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