Oleh Doroshchuk

Oleh Doroshchuk
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (2001-07-04) 4 July 2001 (age 23)
Kirovohrad, Ukraine
Height2.05 m (6 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)2.31m (Paris, 2024)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Ukraine
Diamond League Final
Second place 2024 High jump
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome High jump
European Athletics U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Espoo High jump
European U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Borås High jump
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires High jump

Oleh Yevheniyovych Doroshchuk (Ukrainian: Олег Євгенійович Дорощук; born 4 July 2001) is a Ukrainian high jumper. He won the bronze medal at the 2024 European Athletics Championships.[1]

Career

He won bronze in the high jump at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires in October 2018.[2] He finished second at the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships in Boras.[3]

He finished fourth at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich in August 2022.[4] He won the Ukrainian national high jump title in September 2022 in Lutsk.[5]

He won silver at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Espoo in July 2023, sharing the runner-up spot with compatriot Roman Petruk on count-back.[6] He competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest where he qualified for the final.[7]

He won the Ukrainian indoor national title in the high jump in February 2024 in Kyiv.[8] That month, he jumped a personal best height of 2.30m in Banská Bystrica at the Banskobystrická latka competition.[9][10] He finished fourth at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in March 2024.[11]

Competing at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome in June 2024, he won the bronze medal on the high jump competition with a clearance of 2.26 metres.[12] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he qualified for the final, finishing in sixth place overall with a personal best clearance of 2.31 metres.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Oleh Doroshcuk". World Athletics. 4 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Oleh Doroshchuk Wins Bronze Medal at Summer Youth Olympics". uatv.ua. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Carmoy European U20 champion in height, Vekemans in bronze in pole vault". rtbf.be. 21 July 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  4. ^ Smythe, Steve (August 22, 2022). "Brits rule Europe – full results from Munich 2022". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Ukrainian Championships High Jumping". 9 September 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. ^ "French gold rush on the penultimate evening in Espoo 2023". European Athletics. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  7. ^ "High Jump Men". World Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Ukrainian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Topic equals her national record with 1.97m in Banska Bystrica". European Athletics. 13 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  10. ^ "WIC Glasgow 24 preview: high jump". World Athletics. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Men's High Jump". World Athletics. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  12. ^ "The Gimbo show! Tamberi skies championship record of 2.37m in Roma 2024". European Athletics. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Men's High Jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 10 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.


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