Iryna Zhuk

Iryna Zhuk
Yakaltsevich in 2018
Personal information
Birth name Iryna Yakaltsevich
Born (1993-01-26) 26 January 1993
Grodno, Belarus
Education Hrodna State University[1]
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight 57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Pole vault

Iryna Gennadyevna Zhuk (Belarusian: Ірына Генадзеўна Якалцэвіч; née Yakaltsevich; born 26 January 1993) is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the pole vault.[3] She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final. In addition, she won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade.

Her personal bests in the event are 4.66 metres outdoors (Nancy 27/06/2018) and 4.50 metres indoors (Eaubonne 2017).

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Belarus
2010 Youth Olympic Games Singapore 2nd (B) 3.90 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 16th (q) 3.95 m
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 4th 4.25 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 12th 4.35 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 34th (q) 4.15 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 12th 4.40 m
World Championships London, United Kingdom NM
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 1st 4.40 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 7th 4.55 m

References


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