Denys Yurchenko
Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole Vault | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Denys Sergiyovich 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
References
- ^ "Hooker wins pole vault gold medal for Australia". Associated Press. 2008-08-22. Archived from the original on August 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
- IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ "Six Russian, Ukrainian track athletes handed doping bans after Olympic retests | CTV News". 31 May 2017.
External links
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