Dmitry Kroyter

Dmitry (Dima) Kroyter (, ; born 18 February 1993) is an Israeli Olympic high jumper. He is a former World Youth Champion and Youth Olympics Champion.

Early life Born in Siberia, Kroyter and his family emigrated to Israel in 1999. He grew up in south Tel Aviv, raised by his single mother, Tatiana, who works as a housekeeper. His parents are divorced, and he has no contact with his father Piotr, who lives in Moldova.

High jumping career Kroyter has been coached in the high jump since 2005 by Anatoly "Tolek" Shafran, at Maccabi Tel Aviv.

In 2009, he became Israel's first Youth (17 or younger) World Champion at the age of 16 by winning the gold medal with a high jump of 2.20 m at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics (the sixth IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics) in Brixen, Italy. That year Kroyter also won the Israeli senior championship in the high jump, with a jump of 2.19 m. He was hampered, however, by a thigh injury that prevented him from training. His jump of 2.24 at the age of 16 at a competition in Moscow in February 2010 remains as of August 2016 the best high jump ever by a European youth under 17 years of age.

In 2011, he cleared 2.28 m while he was 17 years of age (a personal best at the time).

In 2014, he was about to retire because of pain from a relentless injury, but came back from it.

Kroyter represented Israel at the 2016 Olympics, at the age of 23. He exited in the qualification round after having jumped 2.17 m.