Andriy Protsenko
Protsenko in 2022
Personal information
Native nameАндрій Олексійович Проценко
Full nameAndriy Oleksiyovych Protsenko
Born (1988-05-20) 20 May 1988
Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 EugeneHigh jump
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 SopotHigh jump
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 ZürichHigh jump
Bronze medal – third place2022 MunichHigh jump
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 GlasgowHigh jump
Silver medal – second place2023 IstanbulHigh jump
Universiade
Silver medal – second place2013 KazanHigh jump
European Athletics Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Braunschweig High jump

Andrii Oleksiyovych Protsenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Олексійович Проценко; born 20 May 1988) is a Ukrainian high jumper. He is the 2022 World bronze medallist, 2014 World Indoor bronze medallist and European silver medallist.

Career

He won the silver medal at the 2007 European Junior Championships,[1] and the bronze medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships.[2] He competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.[1] He also competed at the 2011, 2013 and 2015 World Championships also without reaching the final.[1]

His personal best jump is 2.40 metres, achieved in July 2014 in Lausanne. He became only 12th person in the history of men's high jump to jump over 2.40.

He won the 2019 Diamond League final in Zurich, with his season best of 2.32 m, which gave him a wild card entry for the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.

Protsenko won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States.[3] He said in his interview that he spent nearly 40 days in occupied Kherson Oblast before he was able to safely leave it.[4] He spent those days in a village where he made improvised facilities to continue his trainings. After he left Ukraine to get prepared for the Worlds, he first trained in Portugal and then in Spain.[4] He also mentioned in his interview that Gianmarco Tamberi, who also showed his support of Ukraine at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships,[5] supported and helped him a lot.[4]

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Ukraine
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 2nd 2.21 m
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 3rd 2.24 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 25th (q) 2.20 m
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 17th (q) 2.19 m
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 11th 2.18 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 27th (q) 2.21 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 15th (q) 2.22 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 13th (q) 2.23 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 9th 2.25 m
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 2nd 2.31 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 23rd (q) 2.22 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 2nd 2.36 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 2nd 2.33 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 6th 2.28 m
World Championships Beijing, China 17th (q) 2.29 m
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 7th 2.29 m
European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 9th 2.24 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4th 2.33 m
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 13th (q) 2.29 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 5th 2.24 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 2nd 2.26 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 14th (q) 2.26 m
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 14th (q) 2.25 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 3rd 2.33 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 3rd 2.27 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 2.29 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 11th 2.25 m

Personal life

Protsenko is married, has a daughter and resides with his family in Kherson.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Andriy Protsenko at World Athletics
  2. ↑ "2009 European U23 Championships - European Athletics Result Service". www.european-athletics-statistics.org. 2014-05-31. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. ↑ The first medal for Ukraine, Protsenko's and Bekh-Romanchuk's emotions — the fourth day of the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Suspilne, 19 July 2022 (in Ukrainian).
  4. 1 2 3 4 Andriy Protsenko. Sportsmen of wartime, Protsenko's interview for Slava Varda (Priamyi FM), YouTube, 25 July 2022 (in Ukrainian).
  5. ↑ Tamberi jumps 2.31 in high jump final at world indoor championship, YouTube.
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