Kateryna Karsak (born December 26, 1985) is a

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er from

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. She finished 4th in the discus final at the

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with a throw of 62.45m. She won the European Under 23 Discus championship in

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in July 2007 with a throw of 64.40m.

Competition record

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1985 births Ukrainian female discus throwers Living people Sportspeople from Odesa Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ukraine Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 21st-century Ukrainian women 20th-century Ukrainian women {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub