Denys Yurchenko Explained

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.

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.[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.

Competition record

Representing
1999European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden13th (q)5.20 m
2000Sydney, Australia30th (q)5.40 m
2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, AustriaNM
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany6th5.70 m
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France6th5.70 m
2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rd5.70 m
Athens, Greece9th5.65 m
2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain2nd5.85 m
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland16th (q)5.45 m
2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia - NM
European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden - NM
2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom2nd5.71 m
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan12th5.66 m
2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain16th (q)5.35 m
Olympic GamesBeijing, ChinaDSQ (3rd)DSQ (5.70 m)
2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain - NM
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea22nd (q)5.35 m
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland - NM
Olympic GamesLondon, United KingdomNM

Notes and References

  1. News: Hooker wins pole vault gold medal for Australia . . 2008-08-22 . 2008-08-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080825205202/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j6ICi0Utu6ZDjuqu9feI2F2mR4XAD92ND6N00 . August 25, 2008 .
  2. Web site: IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008. IOC. 17 November 2016.
  3. Web site: Six Russian, Ukrainian track athletes handed doping bans after Olympic retests | CTV News. 31 May 2017.