Anna Ryzhykova

Anna Vasylivna Ryzhykova (Ukrainian: Анна Василівна Рижикова; born Yaroshchuk on 24 November 1989) is a Ukrainian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. She also competes for her country in the 4×400 metres relay. She won gold medals in the hurdles at the 2011 Summer Universiade and the European Athletics U23 Championships.

Anna Ryzhykova
Personal information
Born (1989-11-24) November 24, 1989
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Country Ukraine
SportAthletics
Event(s)400m Hurdles, 4 × 400m Relay
Medal record
European Championships
2014 Zürich4 x 400 m
2018 Berlin400 m hurdles
2012 Helsinki400 m hurdles
European U23 Championships
2011 Ostrava400 m hurdles
2011 Ostrava4×400 m relay
European Junior Championships
2007 Hengelo4×100 m relay
World Junior Championships
2008 Bydgoszcz4×400 m relay
Universiade
2011 Shenzhen400 m hurdles
2013 Kazan400 m hurdles
Representing Europe
IAAF Continental Cup
2018 Ostrava400 m hurdles

Career

Yaroshchuk began her career in the sprinting events and represented Ukraine in the 200 metres at the Gymnasiade in 2006. In 2007, she ran a personal best of 24.58 seconds for the event and in a team with Hanna Titimets, Nataliya Pohrebnyak and Yelizaveta Bryzhina she set a national junior record in the 4×100 metres relay to take the silver medal at the 2007 European Athletics Junior Championships.[1] She switched to the 400 m hurdles a year later and the move proved beneficial, as she won the national junior title and placed sixth in the event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[2] She also helped the Ukrainian 4×400 metres relay team to win the silver medal behind the United States in national junior record time.[3]

She was eighth in the hurdles at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships and Ukraine came fourth in the relay. Yaroshchuk won her first senior national title in the hurdles that year and improved her personal best time to 57.23 seconds. Further personal bests came at the 2010 Ukrainian championships, as she was runner-up in the 200 m and 400 m hurdles with times of 23.49 seconds and 55.60 seconds respectively.[1] She gained selection for the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but was eliminated in the semi-final of the competition.[2]

Yaroshchuk ran a personal best of 54.77 seconds to win the hurdles gold at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships ahead of compatriot Hanna Titimets and the two later combined their efforts to claim the silver in the relay behind Russia.[4] She won her second 400 m hurdles gold of season at the 2011 Summer Universiade.[5] She came in fourth in the 400m hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Competition record
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Ukraine
2007 European Junior Championships Hengelo, Netherlands 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 44.77
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 6th 400m hurdles 58.43
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.20 (NJ)
2009 European U23 Championships Kaunas, Lithuania 8th 400m hurdles 57.26
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.78
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 11th (h) 400 m hurdles 56.29
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 1st 400 m hurdles 54.77 (PB)
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.13
Universiade Shenzhen, China 1st 400 m hurdles 55.15
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 10th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.09
– 4 × 400 m relay DQ
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd 400 m hurdles 54.35 (PB)
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 12th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.51
2013 European Team Championships Gateshead, Great Britain 2nd 400 m hurdles 55.27
Universiade Kazan, Russia 2nd 400 m hurdles 54.77
World Championships Moscow, Russia 6th 400 m hurdles 55.01
2014 European Team Championships Braunschweig, Germany 1st 400 m hurdles 55.00
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.66
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland – 400 m hurdles DQ
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:24.32
2015 World Championships Beijing, China 9th (sf) 400 m hurdles 55.16
Military World Games Mungyeong, South Korea – 100 m hurdles DNF
2nd 400 m hurdles 55.74
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.66
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 8th (sf) 400 m 52.74
4th 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.32
European Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd 400 m hurdles 54.51
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 9th (sf) 400 m 53.22
World Relays Yokohama, Japan – 4 × 400 m relay DQ
World Championships Doha, Qatar 7th 400 m hurdles 54.45
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:27.48

References
  1. Anna Ryzhykova. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-08-23.
  2. Anna Yaroshchuk. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-082-3.
  3. 2008 WJ Championships - Women's 4x400m relay. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-23.
  4. Tsakonas claims 200 gold at European Athletics U23 Championships. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-08-23.
  5. Portugal’s Évora bounces back from injury at World University Games. European Athletics (2011-08-19). Retrieved on 2011-08-23.
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