Yuriy Krymarenko
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| Native name | Юрій Олександрович Кримаренко | ||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Yuriy Oleksandrovych Krymarenko | ||||||||||||||||||
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11 August 1983 Berdychiv, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukrainian SSR |
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Yuriy Oleksandrovych Krymarenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Олександрович Кримаренко, born August 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian high jumper. His personal best performance is 2.33 m.
Krymarenko won a gold medal in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, clearing the height of 2.32 m which was the lowest winning result for men's high jump in a long time. The favorites of the contest, most notably Swede Stefan Holm, failed to jump over more than 2.29 m. Krymarenko had started the 2005 season with a silver medal in the European Under 23 Championships in Erfurt, Germany, where he was beaten by the Czech Republic's Jaroslav Bába.
He finished 33rd in the 2008 Summer Olympics with a jump of 2.15 m.
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