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Yaroslava Mahuchikh was born on 19 September 2001 in Dnipropetrovsk (now - Dnipro) [1] to Olha and Oleksiy Mahuchikh. Her father Olekiy was a canoeist and mother Olha was a gymnast and did athletics. Older sister Anastasia Hryhorovich was into karate and athletics and represented Ukraine in karate competitively. [9] [10] [11]
Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR) The high jump at the World Championships in Athletics has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the qualifying height or placing in top twelve advancing to the final ...
Stepanova is married to Serhii Stepanov, a high jump coach, who joined the coaching team after the full-scale invasion in 2022 to help with strength training. [12] They have a son Nazar, a Ukrainian hurdler and a national record holder, who is engaged to Yaroslava Mahuchikh.
Yaroslava Mahuchikh erased a mark that had stood for 37 years at a Diamond League meet in Paris, jumping 2.10 meters (6.88 feet) in one of the last big tuneups leading into the Olympics. The ...
Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine relaxes during the women's high-jump final at the Paris Olympics on August 4, 2024. Credit - Cameron Spencer–Getty Images
For Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Bogdan Iadov, competing in the Olympics while their country is at war with Russia gives them even more motivation to win for Ukraine.
Her world record of 2.09 metres stood since 1987 until being broken by Yaroslava Mahuchikh in 2024 (record not verified [citation needed]). She is the 1996 Olympic champion, a two-time World champion, and a five-time World Indoor champion. She has been the president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee since 2005. [3]
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, the best high jumper in the war-torn country of Ukraine, won a gold medal Sunday night to bring an emotional close to the track and field world championships. The 21-year-old ...