Yuliya Levchenko

Yuliya Andriyivna Levchenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Андріївна Левченко; born 28 November 1997) is a Ukrainian high jumper.[1]

Yuliya Levchenko
Personal information
Born (1997-11-28) 28 November 1997
Artemivsk, Ukraine
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Country Ukraine
SportTrack and field
Event(s)High jump
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
2017 LondonHigh jump
European Indoor Championships
2019 GlasgowHigh jump
2017 BelgradeHigh jump
World U20 Championships
2016 BydgoszczHigh jump
Youth Olympic Games
2014 NanjingHigh jump

Career

She is the 2017 World Championship silver medallist, and competed at the 2015 World Championships,[2] and the 2016 Olympic Games, without reaching the final. She is also the 2017 European U23 champion.

Her personal bests in the event are 2.02 metres outdoors (Minsk 2019) and 1.99 metres indoors (Glasgow 2019). She was ranked 2nd in the world for season 2017.[3]

In 2017, she was named European Athletics Rising Star of the Year by EA.

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Ukraine
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

See also

References
  1. Yuliya Levchenko at World Athletics
  2. "Women's high jump qualification results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  3. "ALL-ATHLETICS WORLD RANKINGS – 07.11.2017 (31.10.2017)".


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