Personal information | |
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Nationality | Ukraine |
Born | Nizhny Tagil, Russian SSR, Soviet Union | 4 January 1983
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Synchronized swimming |
Club | Dynamo Kharkiv |
Updated on 2 August 2015. |
Iryna Gayvoronska (born 4 January 1983) is a Ukrainian synchronized swimmer who competed in the women's duet at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [1]
The women's discus throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–21 August. It was originally planned to hold the discus throw at the Ancient Olympia Stadium, but it was discovered that the field was not large enough to accommodate the range of modern discus throwers, and would have posed a danger to spectators. As such, it was decided to move the discus throw and to hold the shot put at the ancient stadium, despite the fact that the shot put was not contested at the Ancient Olympic Games.
Iryna Oleksiyivna Merleni, née Melnyk (Мельник), married name Mykulchyn (Микульчин) is a Ukrainian wrestler, who competed in the – 48 kg weight class at the 2004 Summer Olympics and claimed the gold medal. In the same event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal. She is a three-time world champion, and has also won the European Championships once.
Iryna Vasiliyevna Yatchenko is a Belarusian former discus thrower best known for winning two Olympic bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics, although she was eventually stripped of the latter medal due to a doping offence. She also became world champion at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. Her personal best is 69.14 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Minsk.
Ihar Astapkovich is a hammer thrower who won two Olympic medals, first representing the Soviet Union and later his home country of Belarus.
Iryna Oleksandrivna Novozhylova is a Ukrainian hammer thrower.
Iryna Aliyeva, née Iryna Kindzerska, is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani judoka. In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's +78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She is also a two-time medalist at the European Judo Championships and a bronze medalist at the 2017 World Judo Championships and the 2019 European Games.
Volha Khudzenka is a Belarusian sprint canoeist.
Maryna Viktarauna Litvinchuk, née Pautaran/Poltoran is a Belarusian sprint canoeist.
Iryna Khokhlova is a Ukrainian and Argentine modern pentathlete. Khokhlova was born on 29 January 1990.
Iryna Ihorivna Herashchenko is a Ukrainian high jumper.
Iryna Uladzimiraŭna Shymanovich is a Belarusian tennis player.
Iryna Petrenko, née Iryna Varvynets is a Ukrainian biathlete. She is World Championships medalist. She participated at 2018 Winter Olympics.
Iryna Leshchanka is a Belarusian biathlete. She won a gold medal in the 4×6 km relay at the 2018 Olympics. She also competed in the 2014/15 world cup season and represented Belarus at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 in Kontiolahti.
Iryna Mykhailivna Dekha is a Ukrainian weightlifter. She is a two-time Olympian and a four-time European champion.
Iryna Henadzeuna Zhuk, née Yakaltsevich, is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the pole vault. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final. She won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. In 2021, Zhuk tied for third at the European Athletics Indoor Championships with Holly Bradshaw. Zhuk competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, this time reaching the final.
Iryna Volodymyrivna Koliadenko is a Ukrainian freestyle wrestler. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's freestyle 62 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Iryna Alyaksandrauna Kurachkina is a Belarusian freestyle wrestler. She won the silver medal in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Kurachkina is also a two-time bronze medalist at the World Wrestling Championships and a five-time medalist, including three golds, at the European Wrestling Championships. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
The Ukraine women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Ukraine in FIG international competitions.
Iryna Malovichko is a Ukrainian sport shooter. She qualified to represent Ukraine at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in women's skeet.