Yuliya Levchenko
 Levchenko at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
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| Born | 28 November 1997 |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | High jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Medal record | |
Yuliya Andriyivna Levchenko or Yuliia Andriivna Levchenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Андріївна Левченко; pronounced [ˈjulija ˈleu̯tʃenko]; born 28 November 1997[1] is a Ukrainian high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Indoors at European level, Levchenko claimed bronze in 2017 and silver in 2019. She was the 2017 European Under-23 champion.
Levchenko earned gold at the 2014 Youth Olympics and bronze at the 2016 World U20 Championships. She won five Ukrainian national titles.
Career
[edit]Yuliya Levchenko competed in the high jump at the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she did not reach the final.[1]
She was the 2017 European Under-23 Championships gold medalist and the 2017 World Championships silver medalist. She was ranked second in the world for the 2017 season.[2] Also in 2017, she was named the European Athletics Rising Star of the Year.
Levchenko competed at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, where she finished eighth.
Her personal bests in the high jump are 2.02 metres outdoors (Minsk 2019) and 2.00 metres indoors (Eaubonne 2019).
Statistics
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International competitions
[edit]National titles
[edit]- Ukrainian Athletics Championships
- High jump: 2018, 2019
- Ukrainian Indoor Athletics Championships
- High jump: 2018, 2019, 2023
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Yuliia LEVCHENKO – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "ALL-ATHLETICS WORLD RANKINGS – 07.11.2017 (31.10.2017)". Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
External links
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- Yuliia Levchenko at World Athletics
- Yuliia Levchenko at Diamond League
- Yuliia Levchenko at Olympics.com
- Yuliia Levchenko at Olympedia
European Athletics U23 Championships champions in women's high jump | |
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- 1997 births
- Living people
- People from Bakhmut
- Ukrainian female high jumpers
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Ukraine
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine
- Ukrainian Athletics Championships winners
- European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners
- Sportspeople from Donetsk Oblast
- 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen
- Military World Games silver medalists for Ukraine
- Military World Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
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