| Birth Date: | 27 January 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Weight: | 75kg (165lb) |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Pole Vault |
Denys Serhiyovych Yurchenko (Ukrainian: Денис Сергійович Юрченко) (born 27 January 1978 in Donetsk) is a Ukrainian pole vaulter with three medals in Indoor Athletics Championships.
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.[1]
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.[2]
In May 2017, he was disqualified for two years.[3]
His personal best jump (outdoor) is 5.83 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kyiv.
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | European U23 Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 13th (q) | 5.20 m | |
| 2000 | Sydney, Australia | 30th (q) | 5.40 m | ||
| 2002 | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | – | NM | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 6th | 5.70 m | ||
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 6th | 5.70 m | |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | 5.70 m | |
| Athens, Greece | 9th | 5.65 m | |||
| 2005 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 2nd | 5.85 m | |
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 16th (q) | 5.45 m | ||
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | - | NM | |
| European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | - | NM | ||
| 2007 | European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 2nd | 5.71 m | |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 12th | 5.66 m | ||
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 16th (q) | 5.35 m | |
| 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 | |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | - | NM | |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | – | NM | ||