Denys Yurchenko

Denys Serhiyovych Yurchenko (Ukrainian: Денис Сергійович Юрченко) (born 27 January 1978 in Donetsk) is a Ukrainian pole vaulter with three medals in Indoor Athletics Championships.

Denys Yurchenko

Denys Yurchenko in 2007
Personal information
Born	(1978-01-27) 27 January 1978 (age 47) Donetsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole Vault
Medal record Olympic Games Disqualified 2008 Beijing Pole vault World Indoor Championships 2004 Budapest Pole vault European Indoor Championships 2005 Madrid Pole vault 2007 Birmingham Pole vault

Career

At the 2000 Summer Olympics he suffered a mishap with a vaulting pole, injuring his groin and ending his season. He also initially won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[1]

On 17 November 2016, the IOC disqualified him from the 2008 Olympic Games, stripped his Olympic bronze medal and struck his results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2008.^[2]

In May 2017, he was disqualified for two years.^[3]

His personal best jump (outdoor) is 5.83 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kyiv.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Ukraine
1999	European U23 Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	13th (q)	5.20 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	30th (q)	5.40 m
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	–	NM
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	6th	5.70 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	6th	5.70 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	5.70 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	9th	5.65 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	2nd	5.85 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	16th (q)	5.45 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	—	NM
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	—	NM
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	2nd	5.71 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	12th	5.66 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	16th (q)	5.35 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	DSQ (3rd)	DSQ (5.70 m)
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	—	NM
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	22nd (q)	5.35 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	—	NM
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	–	NM