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Lis is a surname from the Polish word for a fox. Notable people with the name include:
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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.
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- ↑ "Iryna Lis". fei.org. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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