Oleh Yevheniyovych Doroshchuk (; born 4 July 2001) is a Ukrainian high jumper. He won the gold medal at the

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and a bronze medal at the

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Career

He won bronze in the

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at the

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in October 2018. He finished second at the

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in Boras. He finished fourth at the

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in August 2022. He won the Ukrainian national high jump title in September 2022 in

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. He won silver at the

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in July 2023, sharing the runner-up spot with compatriot Roman Petruk on count-back. He competed at the

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where he qualified for the final. He won the Ukrainian indoor national title in the high jump in February 2024 in

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. That month, he jumped a personal best height of 2.30m in

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at the Banskobystrická latka competition. He finished fourth at the

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in March 2024. Competing at the

in Rome in June 2024, he won the bronze medal on the high jump competition with a clearance of 2.26 metres. He competed at the

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, where he qualified for the final, finishing in sixth place overall with a personal best clearance of 2.31 metres. He set a new personal best height of 2.32 metres at the Ukrainian Indoor Championships in

on 22 February 2025. In March 2025, he won the gold medal at the

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, achieving a personal best height of 2.34 metres. He competed at the

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, where he finished in fifth place overall on countback, as one of four athletes who cleared 2.28 metres, including silver and bronze medalists

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and Ratmond Richards. He was runner-up with a clearance of 2.30 metres at the Diamond League event at the

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in Rome on 6 June 2025.

References

Living people 2001 births Sportspeople from Kropyvnytskyi Ukrainian male high jumpers World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine Medalists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics 21st-century Ukrainian sportsmen Olympic athletes for Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics European Athletics Indoor Championships winners {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub