Larysa Berezhna

Larysa Berezhna (Ukrainian: Лариса Бережна, also Russian: Лариса Бережная - Larisa Berezhnaya; born 28 February 1961) is a retired long jumper, born in Kyiv, who represented the USSR and later Ukraine. She first gained recognition with a bronze medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and a fourth place at the 1990 European Championships. In 1991 she won a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the outdoor World Championships. The same year she jumped 7.24 metres, which puts her 14th in the all-time performers list. She competed at the 1992 Olympic Games but was forced to withdraw during the qualifying round due to injury.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Soviet Union
1986	Goodwill Games	Moscow, Soviet Union	7th	6.69 m
1989	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	6.82 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	4th	6.93 m
	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	2nd	6.61 m
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	6.84 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	3rd	7.11 m
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	1st	7.00 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	— (q)	NM
Representing  Ukraine
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	5th	6.74 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	2nd	6.98 m

Note: At the 1992 Olympics, Berezhna had one foul in the qualifying round before withdrawing from the competition.