Larysa Berezhna (, also - Larisa Berezhnaya; born 28 February 1961) is a retired long jumper, born in Kyiv, who represented the USSR and later Ukraine. She first gained recognition with a bronze medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and a fourth place at the 1990 European Championships. In 1991 she won a gold medal at the World Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the outdoor World Championships. The same year she jumped 7.24 metres, which puts her 14th in the all-time performers list. She competed at the 1992 Olympic Games but was forced to withdraw during the qualifying round due to injury.

International competitions

Note: At the 1992 Olympics, Berezhna had one foul in the qualifying round before withdrawing from the competition.

Larysa Berezhna

References

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1961 births

Living people

Athletes from Kyiv

Ukrainian female long jumpers

Soviet female long jumpers

Olympic athletes for the Unified Team

Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Goodwill Games medalists in athletics

Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games

Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games

World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union

World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine

World Athletics Championships medalists

World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists

World Athletics Indoor Championships winners

Japan Championships in Athletics winners

Larysa Berezhna