Denys Serhiyovych Yurchenko () (born 27 January 1978 in

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) is a Ukrainian

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er 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

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. On 17 November 2016, the

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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

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Competition record

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* 1978 births Living people Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals Ukrainian male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Ukraine Sportspeople from Donetsk Athletes from Donetsk Oblast Doping cases in athletics Ukrainian sportspeople in doping cases Ukrainian Athletics Championships winners {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub