Marharyta Serhiïvna Dorozhon ( ua, Маргарита Сергіївна Дорожон, he, מרגריטה סרגייבנה דורוז'ון; born 4 September 1987) is an Israeli
javelin throw
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er. Born and raised in Ukraine, she competed for that country until she became an Israeli citizen in 2014.
Competing for Ukraine, Dorozhon came in third at the
11th IAAF World Junior Championships, and finished 14th in the
women's javelin throw event at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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. She won the 2013 István Gyulai Memorial with a throw of 61.31 m, the 2013 Ukrainian Championships with a throw of 62.01 m, and the 2014
IAAF World Challenge
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Seiko Golden Grand Prix
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with a throw of 59.15 m in Tokyo, Japan.
Dorozhon represented Israel in April 2015, four months after she became a citizen. In May 2015 she won the IAAF World Challenge
Golden Spike Ostrava
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javelin throw in the Czech Republic, with a personal best and
Israeli national record winning throw of 63.85. The following month, she won a
gold medal
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and again set an Israeli national record at the
IAAF Diamond League
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Bislett Games
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History
The first international athletics meeting at Bislet ...
in Norway, with a throw of 64.56 m. She won a gold medal representing
Israel at the 2015 European Games
Israel competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015. The 2015 European Games represents Israel's largest ever delegation to a sports competition. Prior to the start of the event Israel planned to send 141 ath ...
that same month, with her throw of 58.00 m establishing a new European Games record.
Personal life
Dorozhon was born on 4 September 1987 in
Dnipropetrovsk
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,
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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, in the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
of the Soviet Union.
She
became an Israeli citizen
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in December 2014.
Competitive history
Dorozhon is coached by Alexander Drigol, and her agent is Jose Praia. She competes for the Israeli club Hapoel Emek Hefer.
Competitor for Ukraine
At the 11th IAAF World Junior Championships, on 19 August 2006 in the Chaoyang Sports Centre Chaoyang Sports Centre (Simplified Chinese: 朝阳体育中心) is a multi-use stadium in Chaoyang District, Beijing, China. It is currently used mostly for athletics matches. The stadium is able to hold 8,000 people and was opened in 2003. It hos ...
in Beijing, China, Dorozhon came in third with a throw of 57.68 m. At the time, it was a personal best.
Dorozhon competed for Ukraine in the women's javelin throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
. She came in 14th with a throw of 56.74 m in the qualifying round.
She won the István Gyulai
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István Gyulai (21 March 1943 in Budapest – 11 March 2006 in Monte Carlo) ...
Memorial meet in Budapest
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, Hungary, with a throw of 61.31 m in early July 2013. In late July, Dorozhon won the Ukrainian Championships with a throw of 62.01 m. She won the 2014 IAAF World Challenge
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Seiko Golden Grand Prix
The Golden Grand Prix Kawasaki is a track and field competition at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan as part of the World Athletics Continental Tour. It was first organized in 2011 at the Todoroki Athletics Stadium in Kawasaki and sponso ...
in Tokyo, Japan, with a throw of 59.15 m.
Competitor for Israel
Dorozhon married Alex Bugoslavsky, an Israeli, and became an Israeli citizen
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in December 2014. She concurrently switched her sporting allegiance to Israel. Soon thereafter she joined the Israeli club Hapoel Emek Hefer. In April 2015, in her first competition representing Israel, Dorozhon set a new Israeli national record with a throw of 63.34 m at the Hadassah Youth Cup in Hadassah Neurim
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, Israel.
On 26 May 2015, Dorozhon won the IAAF World Challenge Golden Spike Ostrava
Golden Spike ( cz, Zlatá tretra) is an annual athletics event at the Městský Stadion in Ostrava- Vítkovice, Czech Republic as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings. It was first organized in 1961.
The history of the meeting was interru ...
javelin throw
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in Ostrava
Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rive ...
, the Czech Republic
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, with a winning throw of 63.85 m in the second round. In winning the event, she upset favorites 2008 and 2012 Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic and 2011 world champion Mariya Abakumova
Mariya Vasiliyevna Abakumova (russian: Мария Васильевна Абакумова; born 15 January 1986) is a Russian former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.
Career
Abakumova discovered her love for athletics ...
of Russia. It was her second Israeli national record of 2015. The throw was her personal best. She said: "The fact that my name appeared next to an Israeli flag in my first international competition in which I ... represented my new country gave me a great honor, and I hope people start to appreciate Israel in international women's javelin."
She won a gold medal and again set a national record for the third time in 2015 when she represented Israel at the IAAF Diamond League
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Bislett Games
The Bislett Games is an annual track and field meeting at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo, Norway. Previously one of the IAAF Golden League events, it is now part of the Diamond League.
History
The first international athletics meeting at Bislet ...
in Oslo
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, Norway on 11 June 2015, winning the women's javelin with a new personal record throw of 64.56 m, as former two-time Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova took the bronze medal and the current world champion, Christina Obergföll
Christina Obergföll (; born 22 August 1981) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was World Champion in 2013. Her personal best throw of 70.20 m is the German record. It also ranks her fifth on ...
, came in seventh. The throw was the eighth-best in the world to that point in 2015, and equaled the distance of the fourth-place throw at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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. She won a gold medal representing Israel at the 2015 European Games
Israel competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015. The 2015 European Games represents Israel's largest ever delegation to a sports competition. Prior to the start of the event Israel planned to send 141 ath ...
on 21 June 2015, with her throw of 58.00 m establishing a new European Games record.
In September 2015 she won an IAAF World Challenge in Berlin, Germany.["Redemption for Sharp, Amos and Harper Nelson in Berlin,"]
iaaf.org. She defeated world champion Katharina Molitor
Katharina Molitor (born 8 November 1983) is a German sportswoman who competes as a javelin thrower and volleyball player. As a javelin thrower, she is a World Champion, having won gold in 2015, and her personal best throw is 67.69 m. As a volley ...
in her home country with a throw of 63.24m.
She did not qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games
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in Rio, because though she met the IAAF
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Qualifying Standard for the Olympics she did not meet the higher 60-meter standard required by the Olympic Committee of Israel
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in 2016, as she was struggling with a groin injury.
In June 2017 she won a bronze medal at the IAAF World Challenge meeting in Hengelo
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, the Netherlands, with a throw of 60.63m.
At the 2017 Maccabiah Games
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, Dorozhon won the women's competition with a throw of 63.07m, qualifying her for the 2017 World Championships in Athletics
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* ''Seventeen'' (Japane ...
.">"Dorozhon wins javelin gold, secures spot in World Championships,"
''The Jerusalem Post''.
See also
*
List of Israeli records in athletics
The following are the national records in athletics in Israel maintained by Israeli Athletic Association (IAA).
Outdoor
Key to tables:
+ = en route to a longer distance
h = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
Mx = mixed race
Wo = woman ...
References
External links
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All-athletics bioEurosport bio
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1987 births
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Israeli female javelin throwers
Living people
Olympic athletes of Ukraine
Maccabiah Games medalists in athletics
Maccabiah Games gold medalists for Israel
Competitors at the 2017 Maccabiah Games
Naturalized citizens of Israel
Sportspeople from Dnipro
Ukrainian emigrants to Israel
Ukrainian female javelin throwers
World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine
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