Vita Palamar
Ukrainian high jumper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vita Palamar (Ukrainian: Віта Паламар; born 12 October 1977 in Khmelnytskyi, Soviet Union) is a female high jumper from Ukraine.
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Ukraine | ||
| World Indoor Championships | ||
 | 2008 Valencia | High jump |
| Goodwill Games | ||
| 2001 Brisbane | High jump |
| Military World Games | ||
 | 2007 Hyderabad | High jump |
| World Athletics Final | ||
 | 2003 Monte Carlo | High jump |
| 2005 Monte Carlo | High jump |
| European Cup | ||
| 2005 Florence | High jump |
| Summer Universiade | ||
| 2001 Beijing | High jump |
Her personal best jump is 2.01 metres, achieved in Zürich in August 2003. She set an indoor best of 1.96 m to win the Hochsprung mit Musik in 2001.[citation needed]
On 17 November 2016, the IOC disqualified Palamar from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.[1]
In May 2017, she was disqualified for two years.[2]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Ukraine | ||||
| 1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 6th | 1.85 m |
| 1999 | European U23 Championships | Göteborg, Sweden | 6th | 1.85 m |
| 2000 | European Indoor Championships | Ghent, Belgium | 5th | 1.92 m |
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 7th | 1.96 m | |
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 5th | 1.93 m |
| World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 5th | 1.94 m | |
| Universiade | Beijing, China | 1st | 1.96 m | |
| Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 3rd | 1.93 m | |
| 2003 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 2nd | 2.01m (=PB) |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | 1.97 m |
| World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 8th | 1.88 m | |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 5th | 1.93 m |
| World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 2nd | 1.93 m | |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 3rd | 2.01 m (NR) |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | DSQ (5th) | DSQ (1.99) | |
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