Yuliya Andriyivna Levchenko or Yuliia Andriivna Levchenko (, ; born 28 November 1997) is a Ukrainian high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Indoors at European level, Levchenko claimed bronze in 2017 and silver in 2019. She was the 2017 European Under-23 champion.
Levchenko earned gold at the 2014 Youth Olympics and bronze at the 2016 World U20 Championships. She won five Ukrainian national titles.
Career Yuliya Levchenko competed in the high jump at the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she did not reach the final.
She was the 2017 European Under-23 Championships gold medalist and the 2017 World Championships silver medalist. She was ranked second in the world for the 2017 season. Also in 2017, she was named the European Athletics Rising Star of the Year.
Levchenko competed at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, where she finished eighth.
Her personal bests in the high jump are 2.02 metres outdoors (Minsk 2019) and 2.00 metres indoors (Eaubonne 2019).
Statistics
International competitions 2013World Youth ChampionshipsDonetsk, Ukraine13th1.70 m2014Youth Olympic GamesNanjing, China1st1.89 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China24th (q)1.85 m2016World U20 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland3rd1.86 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil19th (q)1.92 m2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rd1.94 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland1st1.96 mWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom2nd2.01 m2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom5th1.89 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany9th1.91 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom2nd1.99 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar4th2.00 m2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland4th1.94 mOlympic GamesTokyo, Japan8th 1.96 m2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States15th (q)1.90 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany9th1.86 m2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey5th1.94 mWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary17th (q)1.89 m2024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom9th1.84 mEuropean ChampionshipsRome, Italy23rd (q)1.81 mOlympic GamesParis, France— (q)NM2025World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan5th1.97 m2026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland2nd1.99 mWorld Ultimate ChampionshipBudapest, Hungary6th1.86 m
National titles Ukrainian Athletics Championships High jump: 2018, 2019 Ukrainian Indoor Athletics Championships High jump: 2018, 2019, 2023
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