Julija Krewsun

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Julija Krewsun at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin

Julija Jurijiwna Krewsun ( Ukrainian Юлія Юріївна Кревсун , English transcription Yuliya Krevsun, née Гуртовенко - Hurtowenko - Hurtovenko ; born December 8, 1980 in Vinnyzja ) is a former Ukrainian middle -distance runner who has specialized in the 800-meter long distance runner .

At the U23 European Championships in 2001, she was fifth. In 2002 she was eliminated from the European Athletics Championships in Munich as well as from the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis.

In June 2007, the European Athletics Cup in Munich was second behind the Belarusian Swjatlana Ussowitsch . In July of the same year she ran the 800 m for the first time under two minutes when she won the Ukrainian Championships again in Donetsk. On August 14, 2007, she won the gold medal at the Summer Universiade in Bangkok in a personal best of 1: 57.63 h, setting a world record for the year. Therefore, her end at the World Championships in Osaka came as a surprise as fifth in her preliminary run. After increasing her personal best to 1: 57.32 h in the semifinals, she finished seventh in the 800 meter final of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

In 2009 she won the European Athletics Team Championship in Leiria and came fourth at the World Championships in Berlin . At the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona, ​​she did not get past the first round, and at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, she reached the semi-finals.

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SURNAME Krewsun, Julija
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Кревсун, Юлія Юріївна; Krevsun, Yuliya; Гуртовенко, Юлія (maiden name); Hurtowenko, Julija; Hurtovenko, Yuliya
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian middle distance runner
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Vinnytsia , Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union