Iryna Herashchenko (athlete) explained

Birth Date:10 March 1995
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukraine[1]
Sport:Athletics
Event:High jump
Pb:
  • Outdoor: 2.00 m (2022)
  • Indoor: 1.98 m (2021)

Iryna Ihorivna Herashchenko (Ukrainian: Ірина Ігорівна Геращенко, born 10 March 1995) is a Ukrainian high jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics[2] and 2020 Summer Olympics,[3] finishing 10th and 4th respectively.

Iryna has a personal best of 2.00 m (outdoors)[4] and 1.98 m (indoors).[5]

Achievements

Representing
2011World Youth ChampionshipsLille, Francebgcolor=silver2nd1.87 m
2012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain7th1.85 m
2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden16th (q)1.85 m
European Junior ChampionshipsRieti, Italy3rd1.84 m
2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland10th (q)1.92 m
World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States5th1.85 m
European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland20th (q)1.85 m
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic10th (q)1.91 m
European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia3rd1.87 m
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China23rd (q)1.85 m
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands18th (q)1.85 m
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil10th1.93 m
2017European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Polandbgcolor=silver2nd1.92 m
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom13th (q)1.89 m
UniversiadeTaipei, Chinese Taipei2nd1.91 m
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom7th1.84 m
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom5th1.94 m
UniversiadeNaples, Italybgcolor=silver2nd1.91 m
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar23rd (q)1.85 m
2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Polandbgcolor=silver2nd1.98 m
Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan4th 1.98 m
2022World Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia5th1.92 m
World ChampionshipsEugene, United States4th2.00 m
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany5th1.93 m
2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary5th1.94 m
2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy3rd1.95 m
Olympic GamesParis, France3rd1.95 m

Notes and References

  1. Чемпіонат України: у кроці від визначення складу команди на чемпіонат Європи Championship of Ukraine: the step of determining the composition of the team for the European Championship, Ukrainian Athletic Federation
  2. Web site: GERASHCHENKO Iryna . Rio 2016 . 2016-08-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160814110455/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/iryna-gerashchenko . 2016-08-14 .
  3. Web site: Athletics - Final Results. 2021-08-11. 2021-08-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210807202156/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/athletics/result-women-s-high-jump-fnl-000100-.htm. dead.
  4. Web site: Oregon22 WCH22 World Athletics.
  5. Web site: Iryna GERASHCHENKO | Profile | World Athletics.