Yuriy Krymarenko
Appearance
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Native name | Юрій Олександрович Кримаренко | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Yuriy Oleksandrovych Krymarenko | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 11 August 1983|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuriy Oleksandrovych Krymarenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Олександрович Кримаренко; born August 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian high jumper. His personal best performance is 2.33 m.
Career
[edit]Krymarenko won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, clearing the height of 2.32 m which was the lowest winning result for men's high jump since 1983.[1] The favorites of the contest, most notably Swede Stefan Holm, failed to jump over more than 2.29 m. Krymarenko had started the 2005 season with a silver medal in the European Under 23 Championships in Erfurt, Germany, where he was beaten by the Czech Republic's Jaroslav Bába.
He finished 33rd in the 2008 Summer Olympics with a jump of 2.15 m.
Competition record
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing Ukraine | |||||
2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | 3rd | 2.27 m | |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 1st | 2.32 m | ||
Universiade | İzmir, Turkey | 6th | 2.20 m | ||
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 21st (q) | 2.26 m | |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 33rd (q) | 2.15 m | |
2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 18th (q) | 2.24 m | |
2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 9th (q) | 2.26 m | |
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11th (q) | 2.23 m | |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 19th (q) | 2.22 m | ||
2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 6th | 2.26 m | |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 14th (q) | 2.24 m | |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 28th (q) | 2.22 m | ||
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 18th (q) | 2.23 m |
References
[edit]- ^ Grassman, Oliver (2005-08-14). "Ukraine's Krymarenko wins high jump gold". ESPN. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
External links
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Categories:
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Ukrainian male high jumpers
- Olympic athletes for Ukraine
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Competitors at the 2005 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen
- Ukrainian Athletics Championships winners
- Ukrainian athletics biography stubs