Aelita Yurchenko

Aelita Vyacheslavovna Yurchenko (Ukrainian: Аеліта В'ячеславівна Юрченко; born 1 January 1965) is a retired Ukrainian sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres.^[1] She represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine at three outdoor and two indoor World Championships.

Aelita Yurchenko

Personal information
Born	(1965-01-01) 1 January 1965 (age 60) Mogilev, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	400 metres
Medal record Women's athletics World Championships Representing the  Soviet Union 1987 Rome 4 × 400 metres relay World Indoor Championships Representing the  Soviet Union 1991 Seville 4 × 400 metres relay European Cup Representing  Ukraine 1993 Rome 4 × 400 metres relay

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Soviet Union
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	2nd	4x400 m relay	3:19.50
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	400 m	51.59
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:27.95
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	11th (h)	400 m	52.65[2]
Representing  Ukraine
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	10th (sf)	400 m	51.55
			9th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:30.37
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	5th	4x400 m relay	3:30.43

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 22.67 (Simferopol 1988)
• 400 metres – 49.47 (Moscow 1988)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 51.59 (Seville 1991)