Yuliya Levchenko

{{Short description|Ukrainian high jumper (born 1997)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Yuliya 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}}

| 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|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|ˈjulija ˈleu̯tʃenko|pron}}; born 28 November 1997{{cite web |title=Yuliia LEVCHENKO – Athlete Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/ukraine/yuliia-levchenko-14594836 |website=World Athletics |access-date=1 January 2023}} 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.

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.{{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 }} 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 in Istanbul.]]

Statistics

=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, OR, 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

=National titles=

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