Iryna Mykhailivna Dekha (Ukrainian: Ірина Михайлівна Деха, born May 14, 1996, in Kharkiv)[1] is a Ukrainian weightlifter. She is a two-time Olympian and a four-time European champion (2016, 2021, 2022 and 2023).
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Native name | Ірина Михайлівна Деха | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Iryna Mykhailivna Dekha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kharkiv, Ukraine | May 14, 1996||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | MSU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Yevhen Shylov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on June 4, 2022 |
Career
editDekha started her trainings while studying at the Professional Sports College Kharkiv which graduates were, among others, Oleksiy Torokhtiy, Vanda Maslovska, Oleksandr Likhvald, Kamila Konotop, Viktoriya Shaimardanova.[2] She was disqualified for two years at the very beginning of her professional career for doping violations, namely using stanozol.[3]
Her international career after doping ban was resumed in 2015. She showed high performances in junior age, winning several medals, and managed to qualify for the national team. Her first senior championships was 2015 European Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she finished 8th,[4] but next year she would become European champion.[5]
Dekha competed for Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6] She lifted in total 247 kg and finished 5th.[7]
2017 European Championships in Split, Norway, was not successful for Dekha since she failed to lift any weight in clear and jerk. Later that year, she became champion of the 2017 Summer Universiade where she won the competition in the −90 kg category.[8][9]
In 2018, Dekha debuted at the World Championships and finished 6th in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. In 2019, she was 5th.
Dekha was one of two Ukrainian weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She went to Tokyo as reigning European champion after winning the title at the 2021 European Championships in Moscow, Russia. Though she finished 2nd in snatch at the Olympics, she failed to lift any weight in clear and jerk.[10]
Dekha changed her weight category to 81 kg and won her third European title in 2022 in Tirana, Albania, where she lifted in total 253 kg and surpassed the silver medalist and her team fellow Alina Marushchak by 18 kg.[11][12]
She won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[13]
Major results
editYear | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
2016 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 75 kg | 111 | 114 | 4 | 133 | 8 | 247 | 5 | |||
2020 | Tokyo, Japan | 76 kg | 110 | 113 | 2 | — | — | — | ||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 81 kg | 98 | 101 | 103 | 6 | 117 | 121 | 123 | 10 | 226 | 6 |
2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 76 kg | 105 | 108 | 110 | 4 | 126 | 129 | 132 | 5 | 242 | 5 |
2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 81 kg | 117 | 120 | 122 | 138 | 6 | 260 | 4 | |||
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2015 | Tbilisi, Georgia | 75 kg | 100 | 104 | 8 | 111 | 11 | 215 | 8 | |||
2016 | Førde, Norway | 75 kg | 110 | 113 | 115 | 127 | 131 | 135 | 250 | |||
2017 | Split, Croatia | 75 kg | 114 | 117 | 120 | — | — | — | ||||
2021 | Moscow, Russia | 76 kg | 110 | 113 | 130 | 135 | 248 | |||||
2022 | Tirana, Albania | 81 kg | 110 | 114 | 116 | 130 | 134 | 137 | 253 | |||
2023 | Yerevan, Armenia | 81 kg | 115 | 120 | 123 | 135 | 258 |
References
edit- ^ Iryna Dekh - European champion in weightlifting in the category up to 75 kg, Champion (4 June 2015) (in Ukrainian)
- ^ "Weightlifting". hovufks.org.ua. Professional Sports College Kharkiv. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Sanctions". iwf.sport. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "15 weightlifters will represent Ukraine at the European Championships". unian.ua. UNIAN. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Ukrainian Iryna Dekha won three gold medals at the European Championships". xsport.ua. XSPORT. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "The Olympic Team of Ukraine: Rio 2016: Official Handbook" (PDF). noc-ukr.org. National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. p. 33. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
Деха Ірина / Dekha Iryna
- ^ "Iryna Dekha debuted at the Olympics with rank 5". uwf.net.ua. Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Taipei 2017: Day six of competition at the 29th Summer Universiade". insidethegames.biz. insidethegames. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "Ukrainian Dekha finished in the Olympics final without achieving total weight". suspilne.media. Suspilne. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "Ukrainians triumphed at the European Weightlifting Championships: Dekh won gold, Marushchak silver". espreso.tv. Espreso.tv. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "2022 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ "2023 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). EWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
External links
edit- Iryna Dekha at the International Weightlifting Federation (archive)
- Iryna Dekha at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Iryna Dekha at Olympics.com
- Iryna Dekha at Olympic.org (archived)
- Iryna Dekha at Olympedia (archive)