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Iryna Dekha

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).

Iryna Dekha
Dekha in 2020
Personal information
Native nameІрина Михайлівна Деха
Full nameIryna Mykhailivna Dekha
Born (1996-05-14) May 14, 1996 (age 28)
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
ClubMSU
Coached byYevhen Shylov
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 123 kg (2023)
  • Clean and jerk: 141 kg (2016)
  • Total: 260 kg (2016)
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Førde −75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Moscow −76 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Tirana −81 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Yerevan −81 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei −90 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tbilisi −75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Warsaw −75 kg
European Junior & U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Eilat Junior −75 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Bucharest U23 −76 kg
Silver medal – second place 2015 Klaipėda Junior 75 kg
Updated on June 4, 2022

Career

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Dekha 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

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2016   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 75 kg 111 114 116 4 133 138 141 8 247 5
2020   Tokyo, Japan 76 kg 110 113 113 2 131 131 131 — — —
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   138 142 142 6 260 4
European Championships
2015   Tbilisi, Georgia 75 kg 100 104 110 8 111 111 115 11 215 8
2016   Førde, Norway 75 kg 110 113 115   127 131 135   250  
2017   Split, Croatia 75 kg 114 117 120   137 137 137 — — —
2021   Moscow, Russia 76 kg 110 113 115   130 135 135   248  
2022   Tirana, Albania 81 kg 110 114 116   130 134 137   253  
2023   Yerevan, Armenia 81 kg 115 120 123   135 139 139   258  

References

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  1. ^ Iryna Dekh - European champion in weightlifting in the category up to 75 kg, Champion (4 June 2015) (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ "Weightlifting". hovufks.org.ua. Professional Sports College Kharkiv. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Sanctions". iwf.sport. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  4. ^ "15 weightlifters will represent Ukraine at the European Championships". unian.ua. UNIAN. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Ukrainian Iryna Dekha won three gold medals at the European Championships". xsport.ua. XSPORT. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  6. ^ "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
  7. ^ "Iryna Dekha debuted at the Olympics with rank 5". uwf.net.ua. Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Taipei 2017: Day six of competition at the 29th Summer Universiade". insidethegames.biz. insidethegames. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2017 Summer Universiade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Ukrainian Dekha finished in the Olympics final without achieving total weight". suspilne.media. Suspilne. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Ukrainians triumphed at the European Weightlifting Championships: Dekh won gold, Marushchak silver". espreso.tv. Espreso.tv. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  12. ^ "2022 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  13. ^ "2023 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). EWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
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