Yuliya Levchenko is a high jumper from Ukraine. She's 5'11" tall and 23 years old.
Last year she finished 4th at the World Games and 2nd in the European Indoor Championships. She won the 2017 U23 World Championship and the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Her best jump was 2.02 m (6' 10").
She's strong, graceful, and athletic-- a beautiful combination.
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@Ksmile14 @Yulianna There are e few countries where it is customary to include "the" before their name. The Gabon, The Ukraine, The Netherlands, The Congo...
THE Ukraine refers to [b]The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic[/b], which is what my country was calld when it was occupied by russians and part of the Soviet Union.
in those days, Levchenko would have competed iternationally for the Soviet Union.
the name of my country is [b]Україна - Ukraine[/b].
and if you like Ukrainian high jumpers, try to look at Yaroslava Oleksiyivna Mahuchikh.
@Ksmile14 And as a Ukrainian I will defer from this point on to her expertise, I will alter the language use I previously comported myself with. However; @Yulianna As a former social studies teacher I was exposed to numerous materials that stated the name of the country as "The Ukraine" even after the fall of the Soviet empire. So to say I was ignorant, that is one thing, I will admit to being misinformed and, again will alter my behavior so as to conform to what you state from your experience. I accept education on the matter. [b][i][c=#009E4F]BUT SERIOUSLY[/c][/i][/b] 4 times in just two comments to call me ignorant(2x), uninformed (as differentiated from MISinformed), a know nothing and a fool... that was rude and hostile. Take the chance to educate someone, yes, all day everytime, but can you imagine if I jumped down someone's throat every time I encountered a kid who had a piece of information that was simply a little off -- as little as the use of the word "the" in the wrong place -- They wouldn't have just fired me from teaching... they'd have fired me out of a cannon.
