Anna Yaroshchuk
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Anna Yaroshchuk (born 24 November 1989) is a Ukrainian
track and field
athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles
. She also competes for her country in the 4×400 metres relay. She won gold medal
s in the hurdles at the 2011 Summer Universiade
and the European Athletics U23 Championships
.
Yaroshchuk began her career in the sprinting events and represented Ukraine in the 200 metres
at the Gymnasiade
in 2006. In 2007 she ran a personal best of 24.58 seconds for the event and in a team with Hanna Titimets, Nataliya Pohrebnyak and Yelizaveta Bryzhina
she set a national junior record in the 4×100 metres relay to take the silver medal at the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships
. She switched to the 400 m hurdles a year later and the move proved beneficial, as she won the national junior title and placed sixth in the event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
. She also helped the Ukrainian 4×400 metres relay team to win the silver medal
behind the United States in national junior record time.
She was eighth in the hurdles at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships
and Ukraine came fourth in the relay. Yaroshcuk won her first senior national title in the hurdles that year and improved her personal best time to 57.23 seconds. Further personal bests came at the 2010 Ukrainian championships, as she was runner-up in the 200 m and 400 m hurdles with times of 23.49 seconds and 55.60 seconds respectively. She gained selection for the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but was eliminated in the semi-final of the competition.
Yaroshchuk ran a personal best of 54.77 seconds to win the hurdles gold at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships
ahead of compatriot Hanna Titimets and the two later combined their efforts to claim the silver in the relay behind Russia. She won her second 400 m hurdles gold of season at the 2011 Summer Universiade
.
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...
. She also competes for her country in the 4×400 metres relay. She won gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
s in the hurdles at the 2011 Summer Universiade
2011 Summer Universiade
The 2011 Summer Universiade, the XXVI Summer Universiade, was hosted in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.-Bid selection:The cities of Kazan, Russia, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Shenzhen, China, Murcia, Spain, and Poznań, Poland were in contention for the Games. On 16 January 2007, FISU announced at the conference...
and the European Athletics U23 Championships
European Athletics U23 Championships
The European Athletics U23 Championships is a biennial athletics competition for European athletes under the age of 23, which is organized by the European Athletic Association...
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Yaroshchuk began her career in the sprinting events and represented Ukraine in the 200 metres
200 metres
A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...
at the Gymnasiade
Gymnasiade
The Gymnasiade, or World Gymnasiade, is a quadrennial international multi-sport event which is organised by the International School Sport Federation . It is the largest event that the ISF holds – boy and girl athletes represented 37 countries at the 2006 Gymnasiade...
in 2006. In 2007 she ran a personal best of 24.58 seconds for the event and in a team with Hanna Titimets, Nataliya Pohrebnyak and Yelizaveta Bryzhina
Yelizaveta Bryzhina
Yelizaveta Bryzhina is a Ukrainian sprint athlete who specializes in the 100 metres.Her personal best times are 11.44 seconds in the 100 metres , achieved in June 2007 in Kiev; and 22.44 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 2010 in Barcelona.-Biography:Bryzhina is the daughter of the...
she set a national junior record in the 4×100 metres relay to take the silver medal at the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships
2007 European Athletics Junior Championships
The 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships is the 2007 version of the European Athletics Junior Championships. It was held from 19 July to 22 July at the FBK-Stadium in Hengelo, in the eastern Netherlands.- Men :- Women :- Medals table :...
. She switched to the 400 m hurdles a year later and the move proved beneficial, as she won the national junior title and placed sixth in the event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008....
. She also helped the Ukrainian 4×400 metres relay team to win the silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
behind the United States in national junior record time.
She was eighth in the hurdles at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships
2009 European Athletics U23 Championships
The 7th European Athletics U23 Championships were held between 16 and 19 July 2009 in the S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium in Kaunas, Lithuania.-Men's Results:-Women's Results:-Medal table:-References:General...
and Ukraine came fourth in the relay. Yaroshcuk won her first senior national title in the hurdles that year and improved her personal best time to 57.23 seconds. Further personal bests came at the 2010 Ukrainian championships, as she was runner-up in the 200 m and 400 m hurdles with times of 23.49 seconds and 55.60 seconds respectively. She gained selection for the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but was eliminated in the semi-final of the competition.
Yaroshchuk ran a personal best of 54.77 seconds to win the hurdles gold at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships
2011 European Athletics U23 Championships
The 8th European Athletics U23 Championships were held on 14–17 July 2011 in the Městský stadion in Ostrava, Czech Republic.-Men's Results:-Women's Results:...
ahead of compatriot Hanna Titimets and the two later combined their efforts to claim the silver in the relay behind Russia. She won her second 400 m hurdles gold of season at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade
The athletics competition at the 2011 Summer Universiade has been held at the New Shenzhen Stadium in Shenzhen, China from August 16 to August 21, 2011.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal Table:-Participating nations:...
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