Athletes in action in Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń
Last three sets of world indoor medallists
2022 - 1. Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 15.74m; 2. Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (UKR) 14.74m; 3. Kimberly Williams (JAM) 14.62m
2024 - 1. Thea Lafond (DMA) 15.01m; 2. Leyanis Pérez Hernández (CUB) 14.90m; 3. Ana Peleteiro (ESP) 14.75m
2025 - 1. Leyanis Pérez Hernández (CUB) 14.93m; 2. Liadagmis Povea (CUB) 14.57m; 3. Ana Peleteiro-Compaoré (ESP) 14.29m
Longest winning jumps
Yulimar Rojas (VEN) — 15.74m (2022)
Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) — 15.36m (2004)
Olga Rypakova (KAZ) — 15.14m (2010)
Shortest winning jump
Yulimar Rojas (VEN) — 14.41m (2016)
Biggest winning margin
1.00m - 2022: Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 15.74m, Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (UKR) 14.74m
Smallest winning margin
0.01m - 2014: Yekaterina Koneva (RUS) 14.46m, Olha Saladukha (UKR) 14.45m
Longest jumps on Polish soil
15.18m (0.3) 1 Yulimar Rojas (VEN) - Chorzow 16.07.2023
14.85m (0.6) 1 Anna Pyatykh (RUS) - Bydgoszcz (European Cup) 19.06.2004
14.78m (1.1) 3 Olena Hovorova (UKR) - Bydgoszcz (European Cup) 19.06.2004 Wind-aided
14.81m (2.1) 2 Hrysopiyi Devetzi (GRE) - Bydgoszcz (European Cup) 19.06.2004
Repeat winners
3 - Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 2016, 2018, 2022
2 - Inessa Kravets (URS/UKR) 1991, 1993
2 - Ashia Hansen (GBR) 1999, 2003
2 - Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 2004, 2006
By country
5 - Russia
3 - Venezuela
3 - Great Britain
2 - Cuba
1 - Kazakhstan
1 - Dominica
1 - Bulgaria
1 - Ukraine
1 - Soviet Union
Top eight entrants (based on final entries)
Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 14.95m
Leyanis Pérez Hernández (CUB) 14.75m
Thea LaFond (DMA) 14.62m
Saly Sarr (SEN) 14.55m
Ivana Španović (SRB) 14.41m
Elena Andreea Taloș (ROU) 14.24m
Jasmine Moore (USA) 14.21m
Shantae Foreman (JAM) 14.17m
Historic facts
Thea Lafond (DMA) became Dominica’s first ever world indoor champion when she won gold in 2024
Yulimar Rojas (VEN) became the event’s youngest ever world indoor champion when she won her first gold in 2016 at 20y/150d. She remains Venezuela’s only world indoor champion
Nine of the 18 world indoor triple jump titles have been won with winning jumps in excess of 15 metres
World records have been set in five editions of the World Indoor Championships
-1991 - Inessa Kravets (URS) 14.30m, 14.39m, 14.44m
-1993 - Inessa Kravets (UKR) 14.47m
-1995 - Iolanda Chen (RUS) 15.03m
-2004 - Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS) 15.16m, 15.25m, 15.36m
-2022 - Yulimar Rojas (VEN) 15.74m
Potential storylines and notes
Can Yulimar Rojas (VEN) win her fourth world indoor triple jump title after missing the last two editions with injury?
Ahead of the championships, Rojas said: "We started with 14.95m in the first competition of the year and I think it's a prelude to what's to come. I'm ready to jump high, I'm ready to get back to where I left off, to be consistent in the 15 meters; to show that a ruptured Achilles tendon doesn't stop you, but rather propels you forward; and that the records are in my feet.
"Last year in Tokyo I was left with a bitter taste in my mouth, and now in Toruń I feel even more psychologically prepared. I feel like the transition year is over and now the year is beginning where I'll be able to enjoy the fruits of my effort and hard work. That's why this championship in Toruń is so important to me, because it will be a turning point for Yulimar Rojas.”
Will we see the first 15 metre-plus jump since the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris where Thea Lafond won gold with 15.02m?
The entry-list features six of the top seven from the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo: 1. Leyanis Perez Hernandez (CUB), 2. Thea LaFond (DMA) 3. Yulimar Rojas (VEN), 4. Liadagmis Povea (CUB), 6. Saly Sarr (DEN), 7. Jasmine Moore (USA). The only athlete missing from the top seven is 5. Shanieka Ricketts (JAM)
Can Saly Sarr (SEN) become just Senegal’s second ever medallist at the World Indoor Championships? Their only medal so far also came in the women’s triple jump back in 2003 when Kene Ndoye won bronze
Ivana Spanovic (SRB), who won long jump bronze in 2014, is the only individual female medallist from the 2014 World Indoor Championships in Sopot who will be competing in Kujawy Pomorze (Natoye Goule-Toppin also won a medal for Jamaica in the 4x400m in 2014)
