Viyaleta Skvartsova

Viyaleta Maksimauna Skvartsova (Belarusian: Віялета Максімаўна Скварцова; born 15 April 1998) is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the triple jump.[1] She represented her country at the 2021 European Indoor Championships finishing fourth. Earlier she won a bronze medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships.

Viyaleta Skvartsova
Personal information
Born (1998-04-15) 15 April 1998
Vitebsk, Belarus
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Triple jump, long jump

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Belarus
2015 World Youth Championships Cali, Colombia 7th Long jump 6.19 m
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 14th (q) Long jump 5.52 m
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 1st Triple jump 14.21 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 21st (q) Triple jump 13.82 m
2019 European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 3rd Triple jump 13.79 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 4th Triple jump 14.35 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 18th (q) Triple jump 14.05 m

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

Protest over misplayed anthem

At the Medal Ceremony at the 2017 European U20 Championships, Skvartsova stood down from the podium when the anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina was played instead of the anthem of Belarus.[2] Skvartsova waited for the flag to be raised, and then walked some distance from the podium, and waited in silent protest for the music to finish. After the music stopped, she spoke with officials, who appeared to ask her to take part in the remainder of the ceremony, which Skvartsova politely declined to do.[3]

References
  1. Viyaleta Skvartsova at World Athletics
  2. WWOS Staff. "Belarus triple jumper Violetta Skvortsova smirks and walks off over wrong anthem at medal ceremony". Nine.com.au. Nine Network. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  3. "She left because the wrong hymn started to play". YouTube. NEXTA Media. Retrieved 22 November 2021.


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