Larysa Berezhna
Larysa Berezhna (Ukrainian: Лариса Бережна, also Russian: Лариса Бережная - Larisa Berezhnaya; born 28 February 1961) is a retired long jumper, born in Kyiv, who represented the USSR and later Ukraine. She first gained recognition with a bronze medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and a fourth place at the 1990 European Championships. In 1991 she won a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the outdoor World Championships. The same year she jumped 7.24 metres, which puts her 14th in the all-time performers list. She competed at the 1992 Olympic Games but was forced to withdraw during the qualifying round due to injury.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Soviet Union | ||||
1986 | Goodwill Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 7th | 6.69 m |
1989 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | 6.82 m |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 4th | 6.93 m |
Goodwill Games | Seattle, United States | 2nd | 6.61 m | |
1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 1st | 6.84 m |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | 7.11 m | |
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 1st | 7.00 m |
Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | — (q) | NM | |
Representing Ukraine | ||||
1993 | World Indoor Championships | Toronto, Canada | 5th | 6.74 m |
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | 6.98 m |
Note: At the 1992 Olympics, Berezhna had one foul in the qualifying round before withdrawing from the competition.
References
- Larysa Berezhna at World Athletics
- Exclusive Photos of Larysa Berezhna
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- 1985: Helga Radtke (GDR)
- 1987: Heike Drechsler (GDR)
- 1989: Galina Chistyakova (URS)
- 1991: Larysa Berezhna (URS)
- 1993: Marieta Ilcu (ROM)
- 1995: Lyudmila Galkina (RUS)
- 1997: Fiona May (ITA)
- 1999: Tatyana Kotova (RUS)
- 2001: Dawn Burrell (USA)
- 2003: Tatyana Kotova (RUS)
- 2004: Tatyana Lebedeva (RUS)
- 2006: Tianna Bartoletta (USA)
- 2008: Naide Gomes (POR)
- 2010: Brittney Reese (USA)
- 2012: Brittney Reese (USA)
- 2014: Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin (FRA)
- 2016: Brittney Reese (USA)
- 2018: Ivana Španović (SRB)
- 2022: Ivana Vuleta (SRB)
- 2024: Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA)
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