Irina Meleshina

Irina Meleshina
Personal information
NationalityRussian
BornIrina Aleksandrovna Simagina
(1982-05-25) May 25, 1982
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event
Long Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestLong Jump: 7.27 metres (2004)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Russia
Summer Olympics
2004 Athens 7.05 m

Irina Aleksandrovna Meleshina-Simagina (Russian: Ирина Александровна Симагина), née Simagina, (25 May 1982, in Ryazan) is a Russian long jumper.

Simagina won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was then more or less away from the international scene the next two seasons. She did not start at the 2005 World Championships, despite having entered the competition, and gave birth to a daughter in the summer of 2006. She returned to competition in early 2007.

Her personal best jump is 7.27 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Tula.