Yuliya Levchenko

{{Short description|Ukrainian high jumper (born 1997)}} {{family name hatnote|Andriyivna|Levchenko|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Yuliya Levchenko | full_name = Yuliya Andriyivna Levchenko | image = Yuliya Levchenko at the 2020 Summer Olympics (1).jpg | caption = Levchenko at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|11|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine | height = 1.79 m | weight = 60 kg | country = Ukraine | sport = Athletics | event = High jump | pb = {{ubl |'''{{T&Fcalc|2.02}}''' (Minsk 2019) |''Indoors'' |'''{{T&Fcalc|2.00}}''' (Eaubonne 2019) }} | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{UKR}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2017 London|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|World Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2026 Toruń|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|Diamond League}} {{Medal|2nd|2017|High jump}} {{Medal|2nd|2018|High jump}} {{Medal|2nd|2019|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|European Indoor Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2019 Glasgow|High jump}} {{Medal|Bronze|2017 Belgrade|High jump}} {{MedalCompetition | European Team Championships }} {{MedalGold | 2019 Bydgoszcz | High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|Military World Games}} {{Medal|Silver|2019 Wuhan| High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|European U23 Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2017 Bydgoszcz|High jump}} {{Medal|Gold|2019 Gävle|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2016 Bydgoszcz|High jump}} {{Medal|Competition|Youth Olympic Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2014 Nanjing|High jump}} }}

'''Yuliya Andriyivna Levchenko''' or '''Yuliia Andriivna Levchenko''' ({{langx|uk|Юлія Андріївна Левченко}}, {{IPA|uk|ˈjul⁽ʲ⁾ijɐ leu̯ˈtʃɛnko|pron}}; born 28 November 1997)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Yuliia LEVCHENKO – Athlete Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ukraine/yuliia-levchenko-14594836 |website=World Athletics |access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref> 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.

==Career== Yuliya Levchenko competed in the high jump at the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she did not reach the final.<ref name="WAprofile" />

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.all-athletics.com/current-rankings?gender=F&evtg=34 |title=ALL-ATHLETICS WORLD RANKINGS – 07.11.2017 (31.10.2017) |access-date=9 November 2017 |archive-date=10 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110004906/https://www.all-athletics.com/current-rankings?gender=F&evtg=34 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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).

[[FIle:Yuliya Levchenko at Istanbul 2023.jpg|thumb|none|upright=1.2|Levchenko jumps at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul.]]

==Statistics== [[File:Meeting de Paris, Stade Charlety - 30 juin 2018 (42225318435).jpg|thumb|Yuliya Levchenko at the 2018 Meeting de Paris in France.]] [[File:President of Ukraine and the First Lady visit the Olympic House - 04.jpg|thumb|Yuliya Levchenko and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posing for a selfie at the Olympic House.]]

===International competitions=== {|{{AchievementTable|nation=UKR|Result=|NotesOff=yes}} |- |2013 |World Youth Championships |Donetsk, Ukraine |13th |1.70 m |- |2014 |Youth Olympic Games |Nanjing, China |bgcolor=gold|1st |1.89 m |- |2015 |World Championships |Beijing, China |24th (q) |1.85 m |- |rowspan=2|2016 |World U20 Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |1.86 m |- |Olympic Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |19th (q) |1.92 m |- |rowspan=3|2017 |European Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |1.94 m |- |European U23 Championships |Bydgoszcz, Poland |bgcolor=gold|1st |1.96 m |- |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |bgcolor=silver|2nd |2.01 m |- |rowspan=2|2018 |World Indoor Championships |Birmingham, United Kingdom |5th |1.89 m |- |European Championships |Berlin, Germany |9th |1.91 m |- |rowspan=2|2019 |European Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1.99 m |- |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |4th |2.00 m |- |rowspan=2|2021 |European Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |4th |1.94 m |- |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |8th |1.96 m |- |rowspan=2|2022 |World Championships |Eugene, United States |15th (q) |1.90 m |- |European Championships |Munich, Germany |9th |1.86 m |- |rowspan=2|2023 |European Indoor Championships |Istanbul, Turkey |5th |1.94 m |- |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |17th (q) |1.89 m |- |rowspan=3|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 |- |2025 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan |5th |1.97 m |- |rowspan=1|2026 |World Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |bgcolor=silver|2nd |1.99 m |}

===National titles=== * Ukrainian Athletics Championships ** High jump: 2018, 2019 * Ukrainian Indoor Athletics Championships ** High jump: 2018, 2019, 2023

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{{Footer Youth Olympic Champions Athletics High Jump Girls}} {{Footer U23 European Champions High Jump Women}} {{European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award (women)}} {{2020 Ukraine Summer Olympic team}} {{2024 Ukraine Summer Olympic team}} {{Authority control}}

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