Oksana Zakharchuk

Oksana Volodymyrivna Zakharchuk (Ukrainian: Оксана Володимирівна Захарчук; born April 3, 1980 in Ostroh) is a retired Ukrainian shot putter.[1] She represented her nation Ukraine in the women's shot put at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and also set a personal best of 19.05 metres from the national athletics meet in Kiev.[2]

Oksana Zakharchuk
Personal information
Full nameOksana Volodymyrivna
Zakharchuk
Nationality Ukraine
Born (1980-04-03) 3 April 1980
Ostroh, Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Shot put
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Shot put: 19.05 (2004)

Zakharchuk qualified for the Ukrainian squad in the women's shot put at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Nearly a week before the Games commenced, she attained a personal best and an Olympic A-standard of 19.05 metres on her last bid from the national athletics meet in Kiev.[2][3] During the prelims, Zakharchuk unleashed the ball into the field with her best possible effort at 17.28 on her second attempt, falling short to reach her two-week-old personal best by 177 centimetres. As she committed a foul in her final shot, Zakharchuk's feat was worthily enough to secure a twentieth spot from a roster of thirty-eight athletes in the overall standings, nearly missing out the final round by 0.88 metres behind the last qualifier Li Meiju of China.[4][5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oksana Zakharchuk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  2. "Olympic Champion Cumbá - World leader Gregorio to highlight Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix II". IAAF. 13 May 2005. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  3. "Athens 2004: Athletics – Entry List by NOC Women" (PDF). Athens 2004. IAAF. p. 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  4. "IAAF Athens 2004: Women's Shot Put Qualification". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  5. "Захарчук занимает лишь двадцатое место в толкании ядра" [Zakharchuk takes the twentieth position in the shot put] (in Ukrainian). Sport.ua. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 23 February 2015.


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