Yuliya Levchenko

Yuliya Levchenko

Levchenko at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1997-11-28) 28 November 1997 (age 26)
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	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 2017 London High jump Diamond League 2017 High jump 2019 High jump European Indoor Championships 2019 Glasgow High jump 2017 Belgrade High jump European Team Championships 2019 Bydgoszcz High jump Military World Games 2019 Wuhan High jump European U23 Championships 2017 Bydgoszcz High jump 2019 Gävle High jump World U20 Championships 2016 Bydgoszcz High jump Youth Olympic Games 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.

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).

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
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	23rd (q)	1.81 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	— (q)	NM

• Ukrainian Athletics Championships
  • High jump: 2018, 2019
• Ukrainian Indoor Athletics Championships
  • High jump: 2018, 2019, 2023

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