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Marharyta Dorozhon
Marharyta Dorozhon is a Ukrainian-born Israeli javelin thrower who holds the Israeli national record in the event.
born 1987Israeli javelin record2015 European Games gold medalIsraeli javelin championships
- Born
- 4 September 1987, Dnipro
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
Marharyta Dorozhon was born in 1987 in Dnipro
Dorozhon was born on 4 September 1987 in Dnipropetrovsk, then part of the Ukrainian SSR. Her parents were also athletes. Her father threw the hammer and her mother set a Soviet record in the javelin.
She holds a bachelor's degree in sports management from the University of Kharkiv.
Competing for Ukraine, she won bronze at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing and took part in the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2013 she won the Ukrainian Championships.
She married an Israeli and became an Israeli citizen in December 2014, joining the club Hapoel Emek Hefer. In 2015 she set several Israeli records, reaching 64.56 m in Oslo, and won gold at the European Games. She later won the 2017 Maccabiah Games and has won the Israeli championship several times.
An injury in 2016 kept her from reaching the Israeli Olympic standard of 60 m, so she missed the Rio Games.
Marharyta Dorozhon's life in 7 milestones
- 2006
Won bronze at the World Junior Championships in Beijing.
- 2012
Competed for Ukraine at the London Olympics.
- 2013
Won the Ukrainian Championships.
- 2014
Became an Israeli citizen.
- 2015
Won gold at the European Games with a Games record of 58.00 m.
- 2016
Missed the Rio Olympics after an injury.
- 2017
Won the javelin at the Maccabiah Games with 63.07 m.
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Danielle Frenkelborn 1987First Israeli woman over 1.90 metersSports
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Based on English Wikipedia, Marharyta Dorozhon and Hebrew Wikipedia, מרגריטה דורוז'ון, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.
Photograph: Chell Hill, CC BY-SA 4.0