Dariya Derkach (; born 27 March 1993) is a Ukrainian-Italian triple jumper. She won the women's triple jump gold medal at the 2026 European Championships and also competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Personal life Derkach was born in Ukraine but has been an Italian citizen since 27 May 2013. She has lived in the town of Pagani, in the Province of Salerno, in Italy with her parents since 2002. Her father, Serhiy (a former decathlete), is her coach. She trains in Formia where she has lived since the end of 2014. Her mother, Oksana Derkach, was a triple jumper.
Career Derkach competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
She won the silver medal at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Derkach jumped a personal best of 14.60 metres to win the gold medal in the triple jump at the 2026 European Championships in Birmingham, England.
National records Long jump (junior): 6.67 m ( Rieti, 15 June 2013) - current holder
Achievements Year Competition Venue Position Event Measure Notes2011 Castellon1st100 m hs13.831stLong jump6.21 m1st47.372013European Team Championships Gateshead 6th Long jump 6.21 m European U23 Championships Tampere6thLong jump6.45 m (w: +1.0 m/s)2ndTriple jump13.56 m (w: +1.5 m/s)World Championships Moscow 28th Long jump 6.16 m2014 Aubagne3rdLong jump6.09 m 2ndTriple jump13.81 mEuropean Championships Zürich 21st Triple jump 13.06 m2015European Indoor Championships Prague 21st Triple jump 13.40 mEuropean U23 Championships Tallinn20th Long jump6.00 m (w: 1.0 m/s)4thTriple jump13.88 m2016European Championships Amsterdam 10th Triple jump 13.89 m 13.96 m with the wind aid in the qualifying round. She does not access the three final jumps between the top 8.Olympic Games 28th Triple jump 13.56 m 2017European Indoor Championships Belgrade 13th Triple jump 13.69 m2018Mediterranean Games Tarragona8thTriple jump13.39 m European Championships Berlin Triple jumpNM 2023European Indoor Championships Istanbul2nd Triple jump 14.20 m
National titles Dariya Derkach has won 13 times the individual senior national championship and 7 at junior level. She won her first senior national championship in 2014.
Senior (13) Italian Athletics Championships Triple jump: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 (6) Italian Athletics Indoor Championships Long jump: 2014 (1) Triple jump: 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 (6)
Junior (7) 4 wins in long jump (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) 3 wins in triple jump (2011, 2012, 2013)
See also Italian all-time top lists - Long jump Italian all-time lists - Triple jump
References
External links
Dariya Derkach at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link) Dariya Derkach – CONI – Paris 2024