Yuriy Oleksandrovych Krymarenko ( uk, Юрій Олександрович Кримаренко; born August 11, 1983) is a

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er. His personal best performance is 2.33 m.

Career

Krymarenko won a gold medal in the

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, clearing the height of 2.32 m which was the lowest winning result for men's high jump since 1983. The favorites of the contest, most notably Swede

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, failed to jump over more than 2.29 m. Krymarenko had started the 2005 season with a silver medal in the European Under 23 Championships in

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, where he was beaten by the

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Jaroslav Bába Jaroslav Bába () (born 2 September 1984 in Karviná) is a Czech high jumper. At the 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships he jumped 2.25 metres, winning a joint bronze medal along with Germaine Mason and Ştefan Vasilache. In the same year h ...

. He finished 33rd in the

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with a jump of 2.15 m.

Competition record

References

External links

Official site of Krymarenko Yurij
* 1983 births Living people Ukrainian male high jumpers Olympic athletes for Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2005 Summer Universiade 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen Ukrainian Athletics Championships winners {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub