Julia Bitschyk

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Tatjana Kuchta (left) and Julija Bitschyk at the European Rowing Championships 2016

Julija Waljanzinauna Bitschyk ( Belarusian Юлія Валянцінаўна Бічык , Russian Юлия Валентиновна Бичик / Julia Valentinovna Bitschik * 1. April 1983 in Minsk , Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic , Soviet Union ) is a Belarusian rower who won two medals in four Olympic appearances.

Athletic career

Julija Bitschyk entered the rowing World Cup for the first time in 1998 at the age of fifteen and won the regatta in Munich in a four-man without a helmsman . At the 1998 World Championships , she finished fifth with the Belarusian eighth . In the 1999 World Cup season, she won her second World Cup race in the Belgian Hazewinkel in a foursome without a helmsman. At the age of sixteen years and almost five months, she competed in two disciplines at the World Championships in St. Catharines, Canada: with eighth place she finished seventh, in the four without a helmsman she won her first world champion title. In 2000 she won the two-man title without helmsman at the Junior World Championships with Marija Worona . at the Olympic Games in Sydney she finished fourth with the Belarusian eighth. At the Junior World Championships in 2001 she won again together with Marija Worona in a double without a helmsman, with the eighth she received the silver medal. Julija Bitschyk also competed in two disciplines at the World Championships in Lucerne : in a pair without a helmsman, she and Olha Trazewskaja received the silver medal behind the Romanians Georgeta Andrunache and Viorica Susanu , with an eighth she finished fifth.

In 2002 Natallja Helach moved to Julija Bitschyk in the two without a helmsman, the two won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Seville behind the Romanians and the Canadian duo, with the eighth they finished fifth. In the 2003 World Cup regattas, the Romanians won once, the British women once and the Canadians once, Bitschyk and Helach were fourth and twice second. At the World Championships in Milan, the British won ahead of the two Belarusians and the Romanians. In addition Bitschyk came at the World Championships in quadruple sculls and also won here behind the Australians a silver medal. In the 2004 Olympic season, Bitschyk competed in the World Cup in two without a helmsman and in eight, at the Olympic Games in Athens Bitschyk and Helach started in two and won the bronze medal behind the two Romanian world champions from 2002 and the British world champions from 2003.

At the 2005 World Championships in Gifu , Julija Bitschyk started in three disciplines: In the two-man without helmsman she finished fifth with Tamara Samachwalawa, in the double scull she finished ninth with Olha Bereznewa. All together reached seventh place with the eighth. In 2006 Bitschyk only competed with Olha Bereznewa in a double scull, at the World Championships in Eton the two rowed to sixth place. In 2007 Natallja Helach returned and with Julija Bitschyk again formed the Belarusian two-man without a helmsman. At the World Championships in Munich, the two won ahead of the German duo and the Romanian Olympic champions. In the 2008 World Cup, the two Belarusians came in fifth and seventh. At the world championships on the non-Olympic routes , the two won together with Hanna Nachajewa and Wolha Shtscharbatschenja in a four-man team without a helmsman. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, the Romanians Andrunache and Susanu won ahead of a Chinese two-man, Bitschyk and Helach received the bronze medal as in 2004. At the end of the 2008 season, Helach and Bitschyk won the European championship bronze with the Belarusian eighth.

After a break in 2009 Julija Bitschyk returned in 2010 and together with Tatjana Kuchta finished fourth in double sculls at the European Championships . In 2011 Bitschyk competed in the World Cup with Kuchta in a double scull, at the World Championships in Bled she started with Natallja Helach in a double without a helmsman, but the two only finished eleventh. At the end of the 2011 season, Bitschyk and Helach won two silver medals at the European Championships . In 2012, Bitschyk and Helach tried to qualify for the Olympic Games in London in Lucerne, which neither succeeded in the two without a helmsman nor in the eight. In 2013, Bitschyk competed in double sculls with Ekaterina Karsten, who was eleven years her senior , and won bronze at both the European and World Championships . In 2014 Bitschyk rowed in the quadruple scull and won the title at the European Championships . In 2016 Bitschyk and Kuchta won the double scull title at the European Championships , and at the 2016 Olympic Games they finished eighth.

International medals

(Olympic Games = OS; World Championships = WM; European Championships = EM)

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personal data
SURNAME Bitschyk, Julija
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bitschyk, Julija Valjanzinauna (full name); Юлия Валентиновна Бичик (Russian Cyrillic); Julia Walentinovna Bitschik (Russian transcribed)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian rower
DATE OF BIRTH April 1, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Minsk , Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union