Iryna_Yakaltsevich

Iryna Zhuk

Iryna Zhuk

Belarusian pole vaulter

Iryna Henadzeuna Zhuk, née Yakaltsevich (Belarusian: Ірына Генадзеўна Жук (Якалцэвіч); born 26 January 1993), is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the pole vault.[3] 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.

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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.[4]

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    2017 Universiade bio[dead link]
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    Rio 2016 bio Archived 2016-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
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    Iryna Zhuk at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
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    "Zhuk Iryna" Archived 2021-09-10 at the Wayback Machine. olympics.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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