{{Short description|Ukrainian pole vaulter (born 1978)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = Denys Yurchenko.jpg | image_size = 160px | caption = Denys Yurchenko in 2007 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|1|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | height ={{height|m=1.75}} | weight ={{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | country = {{UKR}} | sport =Athletics | event =Pole Vault | coach = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Disqualified | 2008 Beijing | Pole vault}} {{MedalCompetition|World Indoor Championships}} {{MedalBronze|2004 Budapest|Pole vault}} {{MedalCompetition|European Indoor Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2005 Madrid|Pole vault}} {{MedalSilver|2007 Birmingham|Pole vault}} }}
'''Denys Serhiyovych Yurchenko''' ({{langx|uk|Денис Сергійович Юрченко}}) (born 27 January 1978 in Donetsk) is a Ukrainian pole vaulter with three medals in Indoor Athletics Championships.
==Career== At the 2000 Summer Olympics he suffered a mishap with a vaulting pole, injuring his groin and ending his season. He also initially won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hooker wins pole vault gold medal for Australia |publisher=Associated Press |date=2008-08-22 |url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6ICi0Utu6ZDjuqu9feI2F2mR4XAD92ND6N00 |accessdate=2008-08-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080825205202/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6ICi0Utu6ZDjuqu9feI2F2mR4XAD92ND6N00 |archivedate=August 25, 2008 }}</ref>
On 17 November 2016, the IOC disqualified him from the 2008 Olympic Games, stripped his Olympic bronze medal and struck his results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-16-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008|publisher=IOC|accessdate=17 November 2016}}</ref>
In May 2017, he was disqualified for two years.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/article/6-track-athletes-handed-doping-bans-after-olympic-retests/ | title=Six Russian, Ukrainian track athletes handed doping bans after Olympic retests | CTV News| date=31 May 2017}}</ref>
His personal best jump (outdoor) is 5.83 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kyiv.
==Competition record== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{UKR}} |- |1999 |European U23 Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden |13th (q) |5.20 m |- |2000 |Olympic Games |Sydney, Australia |30th (q) |5.40 m |- |rowspan=2|2002 |European Indoor Championships |Vienna, Austria | – |NM |- |European Championships |Munich, Germany |6th |5.70 m |- |2003 |World Championships |Paris, France |6th |5.70 m |- |rowspan=2|2004 |World Indoor Championships |Budapest, Hungary |bgcolor="CC9966" | 3rd |5.70 m |- |Olympic Games |Athens, Greece |9th |5.65 m |- |rowspan=2|2005 |European Indoor Championships |Madrid, Spain |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |5.85 m |- |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |16th (q) |5.45 m |- |rowspan=2|2006 |World Indoor Championships |Moscow, Russia |— |NM |- |European Championships |Gothenburg, Sweden |— |NM |- |rowspan=2|2007 |European Indoor Championships |Birmingham, United Kingdom |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |5.71 m |- |World Championships |Osaka, Japan |12th |5.66 m |- |rowspan=2|2008 |World Indoor Championships |Valencia, Spain |16th (q) |5.35 m |-bgcolor=pink |Olympic Games |Beijing, China |DSQ (3rd) |DSQ (5.70 m) |- |2010 |European Championships |Barcelona, Spain |— |NM |- |2011 |World Championships |Daegu, South Korea |22nd (q) |5.35 m |- |rowspan=2|2012 |European Championships |Helsinki, Finland |— |NM |- |Olympic Games |London, United Kingdom | – |NM |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics||name=Denys Yurchenko}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yurchenko, Denys}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals Category:Ukrainian men pole vaulters Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Ukraine Category:Sportspeople from Donetsk Category:Athletes from Donetsk Oblast Category:Doping cases in the sport of athletics Category:Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases Category:Ukrainian Athletics Championships winners
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