Andriy Protsenko

1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)Weight80 kg (176 lb)

Andrii Oleksiyovych Protsenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Олексійович Проценко; born 20 May 1988) is a Ukrainian high jumper. He is the 2022 World bronze medallist, 2014 World Indoor bronze medallist and European silver medallist.

Career

He won the silver medal at the 2007 European Junior Championships,^[1] and the bronze medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships.^[2] He competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.^[1] He also competed at the 2011, 2013 and 2015 World Championships also without reaching the final.^[1]

His personal best jump is 2.40 metres, achieved in July 2014 in Lausanne. He became only 12th person in the history of men's high jump to jump over 2.40.

He won the 2019 Diamond League final in Zurich, with his season best of 2.32 m, which gave him a wild card entry for the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha.

Protsenko won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, United States.^[3] He said in his interview that he spent nearly 40 days in occupied Kherson Oblast before he was able to safely leave it.^[4] He spent those days in a village where he made improvised facilities to continue his trainings. After he left Ukraine to get prepared for the Worlds, he first trained in Portugal and then in Spain.^[4] He also mentioned in his interview that Gianmarco Tamberi, who also showed his support of Ukraine at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships,^[5] supported and helped him a lot.^[4]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Ukraine
2007	European Junior Championships	Hengelo, Netherlands	2nd	2.21 m
2009	European U23 Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	3rd	2.24 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	25th (q)	2.20 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17th (q)	2.19 m
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	11th	2.18 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	27th (q)	2.21 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	15th (q)	2.22 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	13th (q)	2.23 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	9th	2.25 m
2013	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	2nd	2.31 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	23rd (q)	2.22 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	2nd	2.36 m
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	2nd	2.33 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	6th	2.28 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	17th (q)	2.29 m
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	7th	2.29 m
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9th	2.24 m
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	4th	2.33 m
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	13th (q)	2.29 m
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	2.24 m
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	2nd	2.26 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	14th (q)	2.26 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	14th (q)	2.25 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	3rd	2.33 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	3rd	2.27 m
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	2.29 m
	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th	2.25 m
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	11th	2.15 m

Personal life

Protsenko is married, has a daughter and resides with his family in Kherson.^[4]

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