Yuliya Levchenko

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Yuliya Levchenko
Levchenko at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Personal information
Born (1997-11-28) 28 November 1997 (age 26)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 2.02 m (6 ft 7+1⁄2 in) (Minsk 2019)
  • Indoors
  • 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) (Eaubonne 2019)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 London High jump
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Glasgow High jump
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Belgrade High jump
European Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bydgoszcz High jump
Military World Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuhan High jump
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Bydgoszcz High jump
World U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bydgoszcz High jump
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing High jump

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).

Levchenko jumps at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

Statistics[edit]

Yuliya Levchenko at the 2018 Meeting de Paris in France.

International competitions[edit]

Representing  Ukraine
Year Competition Venue Position
2013 World Youth Championships Donetsk, Ukraine 13th 1.70 m
2014 Youth Olympic Games Nanjing, China 1st 1.89 m
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 24th (q) 1.85 m
2016 World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd 1.86 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19th (q) 1.92 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 3rd 1.94 m
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 1st 1.96 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom 2nd 2.01 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 5th 1.89 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 9th 1.91 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 2nd 1.99 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 2.00 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 4th 1.94 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 8th 1.96 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 15th (q) 1.90 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 9th 1.86 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 5th 1.94 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 17th (q) 1.89 m
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 9th 1.84 m

National titles[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Yuliia LEVCHENKO – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ "ALL-ATHLETICS WORLD RANKINGS – 07.11.2017 (31.10.2017)". Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2017.

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