Kateryna Derun 
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Full name
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Kateryna Oleksandriwna Derun
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nation
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Ukraine Ukraine
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birthday
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24th September 1993 (age 26)
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place of birth
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Shpykiv , Ukraine
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size
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168 cm
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Weight
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69 kg
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| Career
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discipline
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Javelin throw
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Best performance
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62.82 m
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status
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active
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| Medal table
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| Youth Olympic Games
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1 × 
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0 × 
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0 × 
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| U23 European Championships
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0 × 
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1 × 
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0 × 
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last change: August 3, 2017
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Kateryna Oleksandriwna Derun ( Ukrainian Катерина Олександрівна Дерун ; born September 24, 1993 in Schpykiw , Vinnytsia Oblast ) is a Ukrainian javelin thrower .
Athletic career
Her first major event was the 2009 World Youth Championships in Brixen , where she was eliminated in qualification. A few weeks later she was fifth at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tampere . In 2010 she won the gold medal at the first ever Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore . In 2011 she finished twelfth at the Junior European Championships in Tallinn . In 2012, the qualification for the Junior World Championships in Barcelona and 2013 at the U23 European Championships followed . In 2015 she won the silver medal at the U23 European Championships in Tallinn behind the clear favorite from Germany, Christin Hussong . In addition, she qualified for the World Championships in Beijing , where she was eliminated in the qualification . In 2016 she qualified for both the European Championships in Amsterdam and the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , but dropped out of the qualification both times .
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ The winner of the Youth Olympics Kateryna Derun ; on vn.20minut.ua , accessed on August 3, 2017 (Ukrainian)
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↑ http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-athletics-u23-championships/history/year=2015/results/index.html
