Olha Lyachowa

Olha Lyachowa
Olha Lyachowa 2014
Full name	Olha Olexandriwna Lyachowa
nation	Ukraine
birthday	18th March 1992 (age 28)
place of birth	Rubizhne , Ukraine
size	174 cm
Weight	57 kg
Career
discipline	400 m , 800 m
Best performance	52.05 s 1: 58.64 min
status	active
Medal table
European championships 0 × 1 × 1 × European Indoor Championships 0 × 0 × 1 × U23 European Championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Universiade 0 × 1 × 0 ×
European championships silver Zurich 2014 4 × 400 m bronze Berlin 2018 800 m  European Indoor Championships bronze Belgrade 2017 4 × 400 m  U23 European Championships silver Tampere 2013 800 m  Universiade silver Taipei 2017 800 m
last change: August 11, 2018

Olha Olexandriwna Lyachowa ( Ukrainian Ольга Олександрівна Ляхова , English transcription Olha Lyakhova; born March 18, 1992 in Rubischne ) is a Ukrainian athlete who competes over 400 meters as well as over 800 meters.

Athletic career

In 2009, Olha Ljachowa took seventh place at the World Youth Championships in Brixen over 800 meters. 2010 then followed the first round at the Junior World Championships in Moncton , Canada , as well as at the Junior European Championships in Tallinn the following year .

In 2013 she finished fifth at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg . At the U23 European Championships in Tampere she won the silver medal over 800 meters and was fourth with the relay. She also qualified for the World Championships in Moscow , where she was eliminated in the individual competition in the preliminary round and finished fifth with the relay. In 2014 she was eliminated again in the preliminary round of the World Indoor Championships in Sopot . At the European Championships in Zurich , she won the silver medal with the Ukrainian relay. In 2015 she was part of the Ukrainian relay, which reached sixth place at the World Championships in Beijing . This time she reached the semi-finals over 800 meters . In 2016, she qualified for participation in the Olympic Games , but failed there over 800 meters in the preliminary round.

In 2017 she qualified for the European Indoor Championships in Belgrade . Over 800 meters she was eliminated in the preliminary round and with the relay she won the bronze medal. At the World Student Games in Taiwan, she later won the gold medal over 800 meters after the originally first-placed from Cuba was disqualified. This decision was reversed retrospectively and Lyachowa had to be content with silver. At the World Championships in London a few weeks earlier, she was eliminated in advance .

Personal bests

• 400 m: 52.05 s, July 25, 2013 in Donetsk
  • Hall: 53.42 s, February 18, 2017 in Sumy
• 800 m: 1: 58.64 min, September 13, 2015 in Rieti
  • Hall: 2:00, 92 min, February 12, 2017 in Metz

Web links

Commons : Olha Lyakhova  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Olha Ljachowa in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result list of the EM in Belgrade