Vita Palamar (uk|Віта Паламар; born 12 October 1977 in Khmelnytskyi, Soviet Union) is a female high jumper from Ukraine.
Her personal best jump is 2.01 metres, achieved in Zürich in August 2003. She set an indoor best of 1.96 m to win the Hochsprung mit Musik in 2001.
On 17 November 2016, the IOC disqualified Palamar from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.[1]
In May 2017, she was disqualified for two years.[2]
Representing | |||||
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1996 | Sydney, Australia | 6th | 1.85 m | ||
1999 | European U23 Championships | Göteborg, Sweden | 6th | 1.85 m | |
2000 | Ghent, Belgium | 5th | 1.92 m | ||
Sydney, Australia | 7th | 1.96 m | |||
2001 | Lisbon, Portugal | 5th | 1.93 m | ||
Edmonton, Canada | 5th | 1.94 m | |||
Beijing, China | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1.96 m | ||
Brisbane, Australia | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 1.93 m | ||
2003 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 2nd | 2.01m (=PB) | ||
2004 | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | 1.97 m | ||
Monte Carlo, Monaco | 8th | 1.88 m | |||
2005 | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 1.93 m | ||
Monte Carlo, Monaco | 2nd | 1.93 m | |||
2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | 2.01 m (NR) |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | DSQ (5th) | DSQ (1.99) |