Yuliya Levchenko
Ukrainian high jumper (born 1997)
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Yuliya Andriyivna Levchenko or Yuliia Andriivna Levchenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Андріївна Левченко, pronounced [ˈjul⁽ʲ⁾ijɐ leu̯ˈtʃɛnko]; 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.
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Levchenko at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Yuliya Andriyivna Levchenko |
| 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 | |
Levchenko earned gold at the 2014 Youth Olympics and bronze at the 2016 World U20 Championships. She won five Ukrainian national titles.
Career
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
National titles
- Ukrainian Athletics Championships
- High jump: 2018, 2019
- Ukrainian Indoor Athletics Championships
- High jump: 2018, 2019, 2023
