Tetyana Melnyk Explained

Tetyana Melnyk
Sport:Track and field
Event:400 metres, 400 m hurdles
Nationality:Ukrainian
Birth Date:2 April 1995
Birth Place:Oleksandrivka, Ukraine
Height:[1]
Weight:63 kg
Pb:400 m: 51.92 (2016)
400 m hurdles: 57.40 (2016)

Tetyana Yuriivna Melnyk (Ukrainian: Тетяна Юріївна Мельник; born 2 April 1995) is a Ukrainian track and field sprinter and hurdler who competes in the 400 metres flat and 400 metres hurdles. She represented her country at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics. Her personal bests are 51.92 seconds for the 400 m and 57.40 seconds for the 400 m hurdles.[2]

She competed in the hurdles at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics, reaching the semi-finals. She was part of the Ukrainian 4 × 400 metres relay team at the 2016 European Athletics Championships with Yuliya Olishevska, Olha Bibik and Olha Zemlyak. Alina Lohvynenko replaced Olishevska for the Ukrainian Olympic team that took fifth in the relay final.[3]

Personal bests

All information from All-Athletics profile.[4]

International competitions

2014World Junior ChampionshipsEugene, United States11th (sf)400 m hurdles59.37
2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands6th4 × 400 m relay3:27.64
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil5th4 × 400 m relay3:26.64
2017European U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland3rd4 × 400 m relay3:30.22
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom12th (h)4 × 400 m relay3:31.84
UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan1st (h)4 × 400 m relay3:31.761
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom4th4 × 400 m relay3:31.32
European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany17th (sf)400 m52.20
4 × 400 m relayDQ
2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom20th (h)400 m53.39
World RelaysYokohama, Japan4 × 400 m relayDQ
UniversiadeNaples, Italy4th400 m52.02
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 400 m relay3:30.82
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar6th4 × 400 m relay3:27.48
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan40th (h)400 m54.99
2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy20th (h)400 m54.06
Olympic GamesParis, France14th (h)4 × 400 m mixed3:15.51
1Disqualified in the final

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/tetiana-melnyk Tetiana Melnyk
  2. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/ukraine/tetiana-melnyk-273798 Tetiana Melnyk
  3. http://www.european-athletics.org/athletes/group=m/athlete=134749-melnyk-tetyana/index.html Tetyana MELNYK
  4. http://www.all-athletics.com/node/688814 Tetyana MELNYK