Iryna Yatchenko

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Medal record
Iryna Yatchenko
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Belarus
Olympic Games
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Discus
Bronze	2004 Athens	Discus
World Championships
Gold	2003 Paris	Discus

Iryna Yatchenko (born October 31, 1965 in Gomel) is a Belarusian discus thrower best known for two Olympic bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. She became world champion in 2003.

Her personal best is 69.14 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Minsk.

Yatchenko is married to Igor Astapkovich, a hammer thrower.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	5th	[1]
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	7th
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	9th
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	12th
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	5th
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	8th	[2]
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	9th
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	3rd
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	9th
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	1st
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8th
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	3rd
	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	3rd
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	10th
2007	World Championships	Paris, France	10th

[edit] References

IAAF profile for Iryna Yatchenko

1. ^ 1990 European Championships, women's results
2. ^ 1998 European Championships, women's results

Sporting positions
Preceded by Natalya Sadova	Women's Discus Best Year Performance 2004	Succeeded by Vera Pospíšilová