Dmitry Kroyter

Dmitry (Dima) Kroyter ( he, דמיטרי קרויטר, ; born 18 February 1993) is an Israeli Olympic high jumper.Israeli Olympic profiles: Dmitry Kroyter – Israel News – Jerusalem Post
/ref> He is a former World Youth Champion and Youth Olympics Champion.

Early life

Born in Siberia, Kroyter and his family emigrated to Israel in 1999.Track and Field / Israeli Championships / High jumper Kroyter aims to qualify for London - Haaretz - Israel News , Haaretz.com
/ref> He grew up in south Tel Aviv, raised by his single mother, Tatiana, who works as a housekeeper.Father figure - Haaretz - Israel News , Haaretz.com
/ref> His parents are divorced, and he has no contact with his father Piotr, who lives in Moldova. His brother Evgeni died from a serious liver illness in 2012. Kroyter served in the Israel Defense Forces, completing his service in 2015.Kroyter jumps back into picture as high-flying Israeli phenom - Israel News - Jerusalem Post
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High jumping career

Kroyter has been coached in the high jump since 2005 by Anatoly "Tolek" Shafran, at Maccabi Tel Aviv.

In 2009, he became Israel's first Youth (17 or younger) World Champion at the age of 16 by winning the gold medal with a high jump of 2.20 m at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics (the sixth IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics) in Brixen, Italy.Dmitriy KROYTER , Profile , iaaf.org
/ref> That year Kroyter also won the Israeli senior championship in the high jump, with a jump of 2.19 m. In June 2009 he set a world record for boys under 17 years of age, at 2.21 m.73rd Israel Athletics Championships / Profile / At just 16, high jumper already has full-grown Olympic dreams - Haaretz - Israel News , Haaretz.com
/ref> He was hampered, however, by a thigh injury that prevented him from training.

In 2010, despite a nagging injury Kroyter won the gold medal in the high jump at the Youth (18 or younger) Olympics in Singapore. His jump of 2.24 at the age of 16 at a competition in Moscow in February 2010 remains as of August 2016 the best high jump ever by a European youth under 17 years of age. He was dubbed a "rising young star" at the age of 17 by Allon Sinai of ''The Jerusalem Post''.

In 2011, he cleared 2.28 m while he was 17 years of age (a personal best at the time). Later in the year, at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, Kroyter cleared 2.16 m in the Men's High Jump qualifiers. He was the youngest competitor in the event, at 18 years of age.

In 2012, Kroyter came 4th in the Men's high jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, Spain. He also won a gold medal at the 76th Israeli Athletics Championships.

In 2014, he was about to retire because of pain from a relentless injury, but came back from it.

Kroyter won a silver medal in Men's High Jump with a jump of 2.24 m at the European Athletics Under-23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, in July 2015.

His career-best high jump as of July 2016 was 2.29 m, in Schifflange, Luxembourg, in August 2015. That met the International Association of Athletics Federations Olympic qualifying standard.

Kroyter represented Israel at the 2016 Olympics, at the age of 23. He exited in the qualification round after having jumped 2.17 m."Olympics-Athletics-Men's high jump qualification results"
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See also

*Israel at the Youth Olympics

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1993 births
Living people
Russian emigrants to Israel
Israeli male high jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Israel
European Games bronze medalists for Israel
Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games
European Games medalists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Israel
Sportspeople from Tel Aviv
Youth Olympic gold medalists for Israel
Youth Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)