Dmitry (Dima) Kroyter (, ; born 18 February 1993) is an Israeli Olympic high jumper.Israeli Olympic profiles: Dmitry Kroyter – Israel News – Jerusalem Post He is a former World Youth Champion and Youth Olympics Champion.
Early life Born in Siberia, Kroyter and his family emigrated to Israel in 1999.Track and Field / Israeli Championships / High jumper Kroyter aims to qualify for London - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com He grew up in south Tel Aviv, raised by his single mother, Tatiana, who works as a housekeeper.Father figure - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com His parents are divorced, and he has no contact with his father Piotr, who lives in Moldova. His brother Evgeni died from a serious liver illness in 2012. Kroyter served in the Israel Defense Forces, completing his service in 2015.Kroyter jumps back into picture as high-flying Israeli phenom - Israel News - Jerusalem Post
High jumping career Kroyter has been coached in the high jump since 2005 by Anatoly "Tolek" Shafran, at Maccabi Tel Aviv.Father figure: Dmitriy Kroyter and Anatoly Shafran
In 2009, he became Israel's first Youth (17 or younger) World Champion at the age of 16 by winning the gold medal with a high jump of 2.20 m at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics (the sixth IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics) in Brixen, Italy.Dmitriy KROYTER | Profile | iaaf.org That year Kroyter also won the Israeli senior championship in the high jump, with a jump of 2.19 m. In June 2009 he set a world record for boys under 17 years of age, at 2.21 m.73rd Israel Athletics Championships / Profile / At just 16, high jumper already has full-grown Olympic dreams - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com He was hampered, however, by a thigh injury that prevented him from training.
In 2010, despite a nagging injury Kroyter won the gold medal in the high jump at the Youth (18 or younger) Olympics in Singapore.Sinai Says: Five athletes with five backgrounds represent Israel at worlds – Israel News – Jerusalem PostAt just 17, Kroyter taking Israeli athletics to new heights - Sports - Jerusalem PostAthletics / Kroyter leaps to Israel's third gold - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com His jump of 2.24 at the age of 16 at a competition in Moscow in February 2010 remains as of August 2016 the best high jump ever by a European youth under 17 years of age. He was dubbed a "rising young star" at the age of 17 by Allon Sinai of The Jerusalem Post.
In 2011, he cleared 2.28 m while he was 17 years of age (a personal best at the time). Later in the year, at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, Kroyter cleared 2.16 m in the Men's High Jump qualifiers. He was the youngest competitor in the event, at 18 years of age.
In 2012, Kroyter came 4th in the Men's high jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, Spain. He also won a gold medal at the 76th Israeli Athletics Championships.Nationals gold not enough for Kroyter, Muchkayev - Sports - Jerusalem Post
In 2014, he was about to retire because of pain from a relentless injury, but came back from it.
Kroyter won a silver medal in Men's High Jump with a jump of 2.24 m at the European Athletics Under-23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, in July 2015.
His career-best high jump as of July 2016 was 2.29 m, in Schifflange, Luxembourg, in August 2015. That met the International Association of Athletics Federations Olympic qualifying standard.Athletics: Knyazyeva-Minenko targets medal at Euro Championships - Israel News - Jerusalem Post
Kroyter represented Israel at the 2016 Olympics, at the age of 23.Kroyter suffers early high jump exit | Jewish News He exited in the qualification round after having jumped 2.17 m."Olympics-Athletics-Men's high jump qualification results"
See also Israel at the Youth Olympics
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