Dariya Derkach ( uk, Дар'я Деркач; born 27 March 1993) is an

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female

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er and

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er. She competed at the

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, in

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

Biography

She was born in

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but has been an

citizen since 27 May 2013. She has lived in the town of Pagani (close to

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) in Italy with her parents since 2002. Her father, Serhiy (a former decathlete), is her

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. She trains in

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where she has lived since the end of 2014. Her mother Oksana Derkach was a good

er. Her best results in

is 13.56 m, the 4th best European under-23 jump in 2011, and 6.55 m in

, the 2nd best European under-23 jump in 2011. She has participated four times in the European championships (two outdoor and two indoor), one

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and one

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, on six of these seven occasions without being able to pass the qualifying round for the final.

National records

* Long jump (

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): 6.67 m (

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, 15 June 2013) - current holder

Achievements

National titles

Dariya Derkach has won 13 times the individual senior

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and 7 at junior level. She won her first senior national championship in 2014. ;Senior (13) *

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**Triple jump: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 (6) *

Italian Athletics Indoor Championships The Italian Athletics Indoor Championships ( it, Italian Athletics Indoor Championships) are the national championships in athletics of the indoor events, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera from 1970 (first edition ...

**Long jump: 2014 (1) **Triple jump: 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021,

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(5) ;Junior (7) *4 wins in long jump (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) *3 wins in triple jump (2011, 2012, 2013)

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