Iryna Mykhalchenko ( uk, Ірина Михальченко; born 20 January 1972) is a
Ukrainian
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high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
er.
Biography
Mykhalchenko competed in two Olympic Games, finishing fifth in the
high jump contest at the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
. She then finished second at the
2004 IAAF World Athletics Final The 2nd IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on September 18, and September 19, 2004.
The hammer throw event for men and women had to take place in Szombathely, Hungary a week previous as the Monaco sta ...
, third at the
2005 IAAF World Athletics Final The 3rd IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on September 9, and September 10, 2005.
The hammer throw event for men and women had to take place in Szombathely, Hungary on September 3 as the Monaco stad ...
and sixth in the
2006 European Athletics Championships
The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...
.
Her personal best performance is 2.01 metres, achieved in July 2004 at the
Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting Eberstadt
The Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting is an annual high jumping competition which takes place in Eberstadt, Germany. Established as a men's competition in 1979, it quickly became an important meeting in the high jump calendar, with Jacek Wszoła s ...
, placing her in the elite
Female two metres club.
Competition record
See also
*
Female two metres club
External links
*
1972 births
Living people
Ukrainian female high jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Ukraine
Ukrainian masters athletes
Competitors at the 1999 Summer Universiade
21st-century Ukrainian women
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