Olha Lyakhova

Olha Lyakhova

Olha Lyakhova at the DécaNation 2014
Personal information
Nationality	Ukrainian
Born	(1992-03-18) 18 March 1992 Rubizhne, Ukraine
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	800m
Club	Avangard
Coached by	Konstantin Stepantsov Ivan Smorodsky Tomasz Lewandowski
Medal record Women's athletics Representing Ukraine European Championships 2014 Zürich 4x400 m relay 2018 Berlin 800 m European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade 4×400 m relay 2019 Glasgow 800 m

Olha Oleksandrivna Lyakhova (Ukrainian: Ольга Олександрівна Ляхова) (born 18 March 1992) is a Ukrainian middle-distance runner. She won bronze medals at the 2018 European Championships and 2019 European Indoor Championships.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Ukraine
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	7th	800 m	2:05.67
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	28th (h)	800 m	2:09.24
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	5th	800 m	2:07.16
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	800 m	2:02.12
	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	2nd	800 m	2:01.90
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:31.14
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	19th (h)	800 m	2:00.98
			4th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.38
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	8th (h)	800 m	2:02.71
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	1st (h)	4 × 400 m relay	3:28.18
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	11th (sf)	800 m	1:58.94
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:25.94
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	49th (h)	800 m	2:03.02
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	17th (h)	800 m	2:06.33
			3rd	4 × 400 m relay	3:32.10
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	26th (h)	800 m	2:02.07
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	2nd	800 m	2:03.11
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	11th (h)	800 m	2:03.81
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	3rd	800 m	2:00.79
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	3rd	800 m	2:03.24
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	8th (sf)	800 m	2:00.72
			6th	4 × 400 m relay	3:27.48
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	28th (h)	800 m	2:02.16
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	13th (h)	800 m	2:02.91
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	49th (h)	800 m	2:03.11

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 400 metres – 52.05 (Donetsk 2013)
• 800 metres – 1:58.64 (Rieti 2015)
• 1000 metres – 2:37.46 (Berlin 2018)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 53.42 (Sumy 2017)
• 800 metres – 2:00.92 (Metz 2017)
• 3000 metres – 9:39.62 (Sumy 2019)

External links

• Olha Lyakhova at World Athletics
• Olha Lyakhova at European Athletics
• Olha Lyakhova at Diamond League
• Olha Lyakhova at Olympedia