Yuliya Akulenko

{{short description|Ukrainian heptathlete}} {{Infobox athlete | headercolor = #98c9f5 | name = Yuliya Akulenko | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Yuliya Yuriïvna Akulenko | nickname = | nationality = {{UKR}} | sport = Athletics | event = Heptathlon | collegeteam = | club = Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk | coach = | pb = '''Heptathlon''': 6203 points<br>(2004) | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|7|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian<br>SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.73|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|53|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | medaltemplates = | updated = }}

'''Yuliya Yuriïvna Akulenko''' ({{langx|uk|Юлiя Юрiївна Акуленко}}; born 3 July 1977 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a retired Ukrainian heptathlete.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Yuliya Akulenko|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/yuliya-akulenko-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001752/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ak/yuliya-akulenko-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 8 October 2015}}</ref> She represented her nation Ukraine at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in twenty-third position, and also set her own personal best of 6203 points at a national meeting in Kyiv.<ref name=akulenko-athens>{{cite news|title=Представляем: Легкая атлетика|trans-title=Schedule: Athletics|language=ru|url=http://olympic.sport.ua/news/2811|publisher=Sport.ua|date=5 August 2004|access-date=8 October 2015}}</ref> Akulenko is also a member of the track and field squad for Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk.

Akulenko qualified for the Ukrainian squad in the women's heptathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by attaining an IAAF A-standard and a personal best of 6203 points at the national meet in Kyiv.<ref name=akulenko-athens/> Despite that she threw the javelin for a higher position to spare herself from behind, Akulenko managed to finish a respectable twenty-third with a total score of 5996, trailing her teammate Nataliya Dobrynska by a wide 259-point gap.<ref>{{cite web|title=IAAF Athens 2004: Women's Heptathlon|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/olympic-games/28th-olympic-games-3201/results/women/heptathlon/800-metres/points|work=Athens 2004|publisher=IAAF|access-date=27 September 2013}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{World Athletics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Akulenko, Yuliya}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Ukrainian heptathletes Category:Olympic athletes for Ukraine Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes from Dnipro Category:Ukrainian Athletics Championships winners