MAHUCHIKH Yaroslava

Date of Birth: 19 Sep 2001

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Olympic ScholarshipYouth Olympian

Place of birth: DNIPRO

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Place of residence : DNIPRO

Residence Country:

Ukraine

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's High Jump	3

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Date	Location
WU20R	Women's High Jump	2.04 m	30 September, 2019	Doha (QAT)

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Women's High Jump Qualification - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Women's High Jump Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Buenos Aires, ARG	1st (3.87)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	2nd (2.04)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	High Jump
2021	1 x 1st
2020	2 x 1st, 1 x 2nd
2019	1 x 1st, 1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th
2018	1 x 12th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	High Jump	Stockholm, SWE	2.03
1	2020	High Jump	Stockholm, SWE	2.00
1	2020	High Jump	Monaco, MON	1.98
1	2019	High Jump	Doha, QAT	1.96
2	2020	High Jump	Rome, ITA	1.95
3	2019	High Jump	Stanford, CA, USA	2.00
4	2019	High Jump	Stockholm, SWE	1.83
6	2019	High Jump	Brussels, BEL	1.89
9	2019	High Jump	Oslo, NOR	1.85
12	2018	High Jump	Rome, ITA	1.84

World Youth Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2017	Nairobi, KEN	1st (1.92)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Reading, drawing, volunteering at animal shelters. (european-athletics.org, 30 Oct 2019; kp.ua, 17 Oct 2019)

Occupation:

Physical Education

Languages spoken:

English, Russian, Ukrainian

Central Sports Club of the Armed Forces [Ukraine]

Tetyana Stepanova [personal], UKR, from 2014

She took up athletics at age seven. (24tv.ua, 03 Feb 2020)

Before focusing on the high jump, she accompanied her older sister to karate classes. She also competed in sprints, hurdles and long jump before choosing high jump. "When I first started to compete in the high jump I didn't achieve outstanding results - I couldn't even jump over 1.40m. A turning point came at the Ukrainian championships when I jumped 1.55m." (european-athletics.org, 30 Oct 2019)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (matchtv.ru, 04 Jul 2021)

Winning silver in high jump at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (uaf.org.ua, 05 Feb 2020)

She braids her hair in pigtails for every competition. (european-athletics.org, 30 Oct 2019)

She received the 2019 Rising Star Award at the European Athletics Golden Tracks awards in Tallinn, Estonia. She was also presented with the Female Rising Star Award at the 2019 World Athletics Awards in Monaco. (european-athletics.org, 24 Nov 2019)

She was named Athlete of the Year and Female Rising Star of the Year for 2019 by the Ukrainian Athletic Federation [FLAU]. (uaf.org.ua, 05 Feb 2020)

She has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (dsmsu.gov.ua, 28 Dec 2019)

Milestones

At age 18 years and 11 days, she became the youngest athlete to win a medal in any field event at the world championships, when she won silver in high jump at the 2019 edition of the tournament in Doha, Qatar. (worldathletics.org, 02 Oct 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 05 Mar 2020)

She became the youngest female athlete to win a Diamond League medal when she claimed gold in high jump at the 2019 event in Doha, Qatar, at age 17 years and 226 days. (24tv.ua, 03 Feb 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 05 Mar 2020)

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Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
WU20R:: World U20 Record

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