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{{Infobox sportsperson
|name= Maria Aitova
|image= Marina Aitova.jpg
|caption = <small>Aitova in 2008</small>
|fullname = Marina Aleksandrovna Aitova (Korzhova-)<ref name=sports-reference>{{cite web|title=Marina Aitova|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ai/marina-aitova-1.html|website=sports-reference.com|publisher=[[Sports Reference]]|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>
|birthname = Марина Александровна Аитова (Коржова-)<ref name=sports-reference/>
|country= {{KAZ}}
|alias=
|club=
|sport= [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
|event= [[High Jump]]
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1982|09|13}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Marina Aitova|url=http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/kazakhstan/marina-aitova-170912|website=iaaf.org|publisher=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]]|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>
|birth_place= [[Quaraghandy]], [[Kazakhstan]]<ref name=sports-reference/>
|height= 178 cm<ref name=bbc>{{cite web|title=Marina Aitova|url=http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/3bdbd5a0-c875-4bd7-9924-1a1a39a4148d|website=bbc.com|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>
|weight= 59 kg<ref name=bbc/>
|education= [[Karaganda Economic University]]
|coach= [[Mikhail Frolov]]
|turnedpro=
|retired=
|pb=
|olympics=
|worlds=
|highestranking=
|coaching=
|updated=
}}

'''Marina Aitova''', née '''Korzhova''' (born 13 September 1982) is a [[Kazakhstan]]i [[high jump]]er. Her personal best jump is 1.99 metres, achieved in July 2009 in Athens.

==Biography==
Born in [[Karaganda]], [[Kazakhstan]], 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==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1999
|[[1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]
|[[Bydgoszcz]], [[Poland]]
|4th
|1.79 m
|-
|[[Asian Junior Athletics Championships|Asian Junior Championships]]
|[[Singapore]]
|4th
|1.79 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics|World Junior Championships]]
|[[Santiago de Chile|Santiago]], [[Chile]]
|9th
|[[2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump|1.80 m]]
|-
|[[2000 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Djakarta]], [[Indonesia]]
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[[2000 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's high jump|1.83 m]]
|-
|2001
|[[Asian Junior Athletics Championships|Asian Junior Championships]]
|[[Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei]]
|bgcolor=gold|1st
|1.85 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2002
|[[2002 Asian Championships in Athletics|Asian Championships]]
|[[Colombo]], [[Sri Lanka]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[[2002 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's high jump|1.84 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Busan]], [[South Korea]]
|bgcolor="silver" | =2nd
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Women's high jump|1.88 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2003
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Birmingham, United Kingdom]]
|17th (q)
|[[2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump|1.87 m]]
|-
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|23rd (q)
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump|1.80 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games|Afro-Asian Games]]
|[[Hyderabad, India]]
|bgcolor=gold |1st
|[[Athletics at the 2003 Afro-Asian Games – Results#High jump 2|1.88 m]]
|-
|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|31st (q)
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|1.85 m]]
|-
|rowspan=3|2006
|[[2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|[[Pattaya, Thailand]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2006 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results#High jump 2|1.93 m]]
|-
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup results#High jump|1.94 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Women's high jump|1.93 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Bangkok, Thailand]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[Athletics at the 2007 Summer Universiade – Women's high jump|1.92 m]]
|-
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Osaka, Japan]]
|7th
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump|1.94 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2008
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Valencia, Spain]]
|5th
|[[2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump|1.95 m]]
|-
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Beijing, China]]
|7th
|[[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|1.93 m]]
|-
|2009
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Berlin, Germany]]
|13th (q)
|[[2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump|1.92 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2010
|[[2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships|Asian Indoor Championships]]
|[[Tehran, Iran]]
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[[2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships – Results|1.93 m]]
|-
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Doha, Qatar]]
|7th
|[[2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's high jump|1.91 m]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2011
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Kobe, Japan]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[[2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's high jump|1.89 m]]
|-
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Daegu, South Korea]]
|19th (q)
|[[2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump|1.89 m]]
|-
|2012
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[London, United Kingdom]]
| –
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|NM]]
|-
|rowspan=2|2013
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships|Asian Championships]]
|[[Pune, India]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|[[2013 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's high jump|1.88 m]]
|-
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Moscow, Russia]]
|25th (q)
|[[2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump|1.83 m]]
|-
|2014
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|[[Incheon, South Korea]]
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's high jump|1.85 m]]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Footer Universiade Champions High Jump Women}}

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[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani female high jumpers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:Kazakhstani people of Russian descent]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games]]

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