Here is all you need to know about Yaroslava Mahuchikh an Ukrainian athlete along with her age, height, bio and husband
Yaroslava Mahuchikh is the name everyone has been talking about. She just broke the world record in the women’s high jump at the 2024 Paris Diamond League.
On Sunday, the best high jumper in Ukraine won a world championship and set a new mark. She now has good cause to think that an Olympic gold medal could be her welcome home.
Mahuchikh, who shattered a 37-year-old record by jumping 2.10 meters (6.88 feet) at a Diamond League event in Paris, was one of the last significant tune-ups before the Olympics.
The previous record, set in 1987 in Rome by Bulgarian Stefka Kostadinova, was 2.09. Meanwhile, the world champion, Mahuchikh, was overjoyed to set a new record.
Mahuchikh is now among the top candidates for gold at the next Olympics in Paris thanks to her performance. Here is all you need to know about her.
Who is high jump athlete Yaroslava Mahuchikh, bio, age, height, parents, husband and record
Yaroslava Oleksiyivna Mahuchikh is a Ukrainian athlete who was born on September 19, 2001 and the 22 year old has a height of 1.8m. The high jumper holds the record of women’s high jump world record.
Additionally, she bagged silver in the 2019 and 2022 World Championships, gold in the 2023 World Championships, gold in the 2022 World Indoor Championships, and silver in the 2024 World Indoor Championships, in addition to her bronze in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
It all stated when she was just 13! Just just an ordinary atehltez she began to improve in the coming two years that she started winning at 15. At such a young age, she bagged a gold medal at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships in Nairobi and it continued.
Her extraordinary jumping abilities soon brought her recognition, and she advanced through the junior competition categories.
Soon after the Russian war broke out, Mahuchikh abandoned her hometown of Dnipro. She has been training abroad while keeping an eye on the conflict at home, just like almost all of her nation’s finest athletes.
Who are Yaroslava Mahuchikh’s parents?
Yaroslava Mahuchikh waa born to Oleksii Mahuchikh and Olha Mahuchikh.
Who is Yaroslava Mahuchikh’s boyfriend?
Yaroslava Mahuchikh is currently in a relationship with Nazar Stepanov but is unmarried.