Vita Palamar (; born 12 October 1977 in Khmelnytskyi, Soviet Union) is a female high jumper from Ukraine.
Career 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.
In May 2017, she was disqualified for two years.
Achievements Representing 1996World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia6th1.85 m1999European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden6th1.85 m2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 5th1.92 mOlympic Games Sydney, Australia 7th1.96 m2001World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 5th1.93 mWorld Championships Edmonton, Canada 5th1.94 mUniversiade Beijing, China 1st1.96 mGoodwill Games Brisbane, Australia 3rd1.93 m2003World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 2nd2.01m (=PB)2004World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th1.97 mWorld Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco8th 1.88 m2005World Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th1.93 mWorld Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 2nd1.93 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain 3rd2.01 m (NR)Olympic GamesBeijing, ChinaDSQ (5th)DSQ (1.99)
See also Female two metres club
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