Yuliia Levchenko

Yuliia Levchenko at Weltklasse Zürich 2026 (Wanda Diamond League). Yuliya Andriyivna Levchenko or Yuliia Andriivna Levchenko (, ; born 28 November 1997) is a Ukrainian high jumper. She won the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. Indoors at European level, Levchenko claimed bronze in 2017 and silver in 2019. She was the 2017 European Under-23 champion.

Levchenko earned gold at the 2014 Youth Olympics and bronze at the 2016 World U20 Championships. She won five Ukrainian national titles.

Career Yuliya Levchenko competed in the high jump at the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she did not reach the final. Also in 2017, she was named the European Athletics Rising Star of the Year.

Levchenko competed at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021, where she finished eighth.

Her personal bests in the high jump are 2.02 metres outdoors (Minsk 2019) and 2.00 metres indoors (Eaubonne 2019).

Levchenko jumps at the 2023 European Indoor Championships in Istanbul.

Statistics

Yuliya Levchenko and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posing for a selfie at the Olympic House.

International competitions

National titles Ukrainian Athletics Championships High jump: 2018, 2019 Ukrainian Indoor Athletics Championships High jump: 2018, 2019, 2023