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Iryna Herashchenko (athlete)

Ukrainian high jumper

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ10566641 ↗
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Iryna Ihorivna Herashchenko (Ukrainian: Ірина Ігорівна Геращенко, born 10 March 1995) is a Ukrainian high jumper. She won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing 10th and 4th respectively.

Herashchenko has a personal best of 2.00 m (outdoors) and 1.98 m (indoors).

She placed fifth at high jump at the 2026 European Championship in Birmingham.

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