Denys Serhiyovych Yurchenko () (born 27 January 1978 in Donetsk) is a Ukrainian pole vaulter with three medals in Indoor Athletics Championships.
Career At the 2000 Summer Olympics he suffered a mishap with a vaulting pole, injuring his groin and ending his season. He also initially won the bronze medal in the men's pole vault event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
On 17 November 2016, the IOC disqualified him from the 2008 Olympic Games, stripped his Olympic bronze medal and struck his results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of his doping sample from 2008.
In May 2017, he was disqualified for two years.
His personal best jump (outdoor) is 5.83 metres, achieved in July 2008 in Kyiv.
Competition record Representing 1999European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden13th (q)5.20 m2000Olympic Games Sydney, Australia30th (q)5.40 m2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria –NMEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany6th5.70 m2003World ChampionshipsParis, France6th5.70 m2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 3rd5.70 mOlympic Games Athens, Greece9th5.65 m2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain 2nd5.85 mWorld ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland16th (q)5.45 m2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia—NMEuropean ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden—NM2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom 2nd5.71 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan12th5.66 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain16th (q)5.35 mOlympic GamesBeijing, ChinaDSQ (3rd)DSQ (5.70 m)2010European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain—NM2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea22nd (q)5.35 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland—NMOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom –NM
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