Yuliya Levchenko
 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 November 1997 Artemivsk, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | High jump |
Yuliya Andriyivna Levchenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Андріївна Левченко; born 28 November 1997) is a Ukrainian high jumper.[1]
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
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Ukraine at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics
- Ukraine at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics
- Female two metres club
References
- ^ Yuliya Levchenko at World Athletics
- ^ "Women's high jump qualification results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- ^ "ALL-ATHLETICS WORLD RANKINGS – 07.11.2017 (31.10.2017)".
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yuliya Levchenko.
- Profile at all-athletics.com
|
 | This biographical article relating to Ukrainian athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Ukrainian female high jumpers
- Living people
- People from Bakhmut
- 1997 births
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Ukraine
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners
- Ukrainian Athletics Championships winners
- Youth Olympic gold medalists for Ukraine
- Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Ukrainian athletics biography stubs