Yuriy Krymarenko

Yuriy Krymarenko

Medal record
Competitor for Ukraine
Men’s athletics
World Championships
	2005 Helsinki	High jump
European U23 Championships
	2005 Erfurt	High jump

Yuriy Krymarenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Кримаренко, born August 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian high jumper. His personal best performance is 2.33 m.

Krymarenko won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, clearing the height of 2.32 m which was the lowest winning result for men's high jump in a long time.^[1] The favorites of the contest, most notably Swede Stefan Holm, 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 Erfurt, Germany, where he was beaten by Czech Jaroslav Bába.

He finished 33rd in the 2008 Summer Olympics with a jump of 2.15 m.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Ukraine
2005	European U23 Championships	Erfurt, Germany	3rd	2.27 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	1st	2.32 m
	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	6th	2.20 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	21st (q)	2.26 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	33rd (q)	2.15 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th (q)	2.24 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	9th (q)	2.26 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	11th (q)	2.23 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	19th (q)	2.22 m
2014	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	6th	2.26 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	14th (q)	2.24 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	28th (q)	2.22 m

References

1. Grassman, Oliver (2005-08-14). "Ukraine's Krymarenko wins high jump gold". ESPN. Retrieved 2009-08-21.

External links

• Official site of Krymarenko Yurij
• Yuriy Krymarenko profile at IAAF