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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Iryna Yakaltsevich | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 (age 31) Grodno, Belarus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Hrodna State University | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Iryna Henadzeuna Zhuk, née Yakaltsevich (Belarusian: Ірына Генадзеўна Жук (Якалцэвіч); born 26 January 1993), is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the pole vault. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final. She won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. In 2021, Zhuk tied for third at the European Athletics Indoor Championships with Holly Bradshaw. Zhuk competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, this time reaching the final.
Zhuk's personal bests in the event are 4.74 metres outdoors (2021) and 4.80 metres indoors (2022). Both marks are also national records.
She is married to Belarusian athlete Vital Zhuk.
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing  Belarus
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| 2010 | Youth Olympic Games | Bishan, Singapore | 2nd (B) | 3.90 m | |
| 2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 16th (q) | 3.95 m | |
| 2015 | European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 4th | 4.25 m | |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 12th | 4.35 m | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 34th (q) | 4.15 m | ||
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 12th | 4.40 m | |
| World Championships | London, United Kingdom | – | NM | ||
| Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 1st | 4.40 m | ||
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 7th | 4.55 m | |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 6th | 4.65 m | |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 7th | 4.70 m | ||
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 3rd | 4.65 m | |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 8th | 4.50 m | ||
References
- 2017 Universiade bio
- Rio 2016 bio Archived 2016-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Iryna Zhuk at World Athletics
- "Zhuk Iryna" Archived 2021-09-10 at the Wayback Machine. olympics.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
| World University Games champions in women's pole vault | |
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Grodno
- Belarusian female pole vaulters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Belarus
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Belarus
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- 21st-century Belarusian sportswomen