Ukrainian long jumper
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.
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