About Iryna Zhuk
Born 1993. Iryna Zhuk is a Belarusian athletics competitor.
Iryna Henadzeuna Zhuk, née Yakaltsevich (; born 26 January 1993), 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.
Zhuk's personal bests in the event are 4.74 metres outdoors (2021) and 4.80 metres indoors (2022). Both marks are also national records.
She is married to Belarusian athlete Vital Zhuk.
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Who is Iryna Zhuk?
Belarusian pole vaulter
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Iryna Zhuk was born on 26 January 1993 in Hrodna.
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Iryna Zhuk is an athletics competitor.
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Iryna Zhuk is Belarusian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Iryna Zhuk. https://biography.guide/iryna-zhuk/
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Chicago: "Iryna Zhuk." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/iryna-zhuk/.
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