Career
She was among the most prominent female triple jumpers during the period that the event was added to competition programmes at major competitions
Born in Dnipropetrovsk, her breakthrough in the triple jump came in 1991 when she broke the world record with a clearance of 14.95 metres in June. Her first major medals came in 1992. Later that year at the 1992 Summer Olympics she claimed the long jump silver as part of the Unified Team.
She followed this with a gold medal at the first women"s triple jump at the 1993 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but due to a doping ban she did not compete at the debut of the event at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics, where Russia"s Anna Biryukova took the title.
She jumped the world record at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg with 15.50 metres after studying a picture of Jonathan Edwards. In 1993, Kravets was banned three months for use of stimulants.
Kravets was suspended for 2 years in July 2000 after testing positive for a performance-enhancing steroid.