Iryna Henadzeuna Zhuk, née Yakaltsevich (Belarusian: Ірына Генадзеўна Жук (Якалцэвіч); born 26 January 1993), is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the pole vault.[3] 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.
.jpg) Zhuk in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Iryna Yakaltsevich | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 January 1993 Grodno, Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Hrodna State University[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[4]
International competitions
edit| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing  Belarus
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| 2010 | Youth Olympic Games | Bishan, Singapore | 2nd (B) | 3.90 m | |
| 2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 16th (q) | 3.95 m | |
| 2015 | European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 4th | 4.25 m | |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 12th | 4.35 m | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 34th (q) | 4.15 m | ||
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 12th | 4.40 m | |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | – | NM | ||
| Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 1st | 4.40 m | ||
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 7th | 4.55 m | |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 6th | 4.65 m | |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 7th | 4.70 m | ||
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 3rd | 4.65 m | |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 8th | 4.50 m | ||
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iryna Zhuk.
- ^ 2017 Universiade bio[dead link]
- ^ Rio 2016 bio Archived 2016-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Iryna Zhuk at World Athletics
- ^ "Zhuk Iryna" Archived 2021-09-10 at the Wayback Machine. olympics.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
