Nastassia Siarheyeuna Mironchyk-Ivanova, née Mironchyk, (, born 13 April 1989) is a Belarusian long jumper. In 2011, she became known for missing the World Championships gold medal because of her hair style. Her pony-tail left a mark in the sand well behind her body's 6.90 m mark.Incredible: Nastassia has lost the long jump gold and $60,000 dollars because of a hairstyle , Gianni Merlo, La Gazzetta dello Sport, 2011-09-03.
On 25 November 2016 the IOC disqualified her from the 2012 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2012.
She was upgraded from fourth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics to the bronze medal position as a result of a doping ban against Russian Olga Kucherenko, who had originally won the silver.Palmer, Dan (2017-02-01). Long jumper Kucherenko banned for two years, reports claim. Inside the Games. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
In 2019, she won the silver medal in the team event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
Following the 2024 election, Mironchyk-Ivanova became a deputy of the House of Representatives of Belarus.
International competitions Representing 2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 2nd Long jump 6.46 m (-1.3 m/s) 2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 2nd Long jump 6.76 m w (+4.7 m/s) World Championships Berlin, Germany 11th Long jump 6.29 m 2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 6th Long jump 6.75 m 2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 6th Long jump 6.55 m European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 6th Long jump 6.54 m w (+2.5 m/s) World Championships Daegu, South Korea3rd Long jump 6.74 m 2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 5th Long jump 6.64 m 2015 World Championships Beijing, China 9th Long jump 6.66 m 2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 9th Long jump 6.56 m 2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 5th Long jump 6.58 m2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom2nd Long jump 6.93 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar5thLong jump6.76 m2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland4thLong jump6.72 mOlympic GamesTokyo, Japan14th (q)Long jump6.55 m
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