Larysa Berezhna Explained

Larysa Berezhna (Лариса Бережна, also Russian: Лариса Бережная - Larisa Berezhnaya; born 28 February 1961) is a retired long jumper, born in Kyiv, who represented the USSR and later Ukraine. She first gained recognition with a bronze medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and a fourth place at the 1990 European Championships. In 1991 she won a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the outdoor World Championships. The same year she jumped 7.24 metres, which puts her 14th in the all-time performers list. She competed at the 1992 Olympic Games but was forced to withdraw during the qualifying round due to injury.

International competitions

Representing
1986	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	7th	6.69 m
1989		Budapest, Hungary	3rd	6.82 m
1990		Split, Yugoslavia	4th	6.93 m
		Seattle, United States	2nd	6.61 m
1991		Seville, Spain	1st	6.84 m
		Tokyo, Japan	3rd	7.11 m
1992		Genoa, Italy	1st	7.00 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	— (q)
Representing
1993		Toronto, Canada	5th	6.74 m
		Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	6.98 m

Note: At the 1992 Olympics, Berezhna had one foul in the qualifying round before withdrawing from the competition.

References

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