Iryna Zhuk

Zhuk in 2018
Personal information
Birth name	Iryna Yakaltsevich
Born	(1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 (age 31) Grodno, Belarus
Education	Hrodna State University[1]
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Belarus European Indoor Championships 2021 Toruń Pole vault Universiade 2017 Taipei Pole vault

Iryna Henadzeuna Zhuk, née Yakaltsevich (Belarusian: Ірына Генадзеўна Жук (Якалцэвіч); born 26 January 1993), is a Belarusian athlete specialising in the pole vault.^[3] She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final. She won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. In 2021, Zhuk tied for third at the European Athletics Indoor Championships with Holly Bradshaw. Zhuk competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, this time reaching the final.

Zhuk's personal bests in the event are 4.74 metres outdoors (2021) and 4.80 metres indoors (2022). Both marks are also national records.

She is married to Belarusian athlete Vital Zhuk.^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Belarus
2010	Youth Olympic Games	Bishan, Singapore	2nd (B)	3.90 m
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	16th (q)	3.95 m
2015	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	4th	4.25 m
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	12th	4.35 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	34th (q)	4.15 m
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	12th	4.40 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	–	NM
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	1st	4.40 m
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	7th	4.55 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	6th	4.65 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	4.70 m
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	3rd	4.65 m
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	8th	4.50 m