Iryna Dekha

Iryna Mykhailivna Dekha (Ukrainian: Ірина Михайлівна Деха, born May 14, 1996 in Kharkiv)[1] is a Ukrainian weightlifter. She is a two-time Olympian and 2016, 2021 and 2022 European champion.[2]

Iryna Dekha
Dekha in 2020
Personal information
Native nameІрина Михайлівна Деха
Full nameIryna Mykhailivna Dekha
Born (1996-05-14) May 14, 1996
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
ClubMSU
Coached byYevhen Shylov
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
  • Snatch: 122 kg (2022)
  • Clean and jerk: 141 kg (2016)
  • Total: 260 kg (2016)
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
2016 Førde−75 kg
2021 Moscow−76 kg
2022 Tirana−81 kg
Summer Universiade
2017 Taipei−90 kg
World Juniors Championships
2016 Tbilisi−75 kg
2015 Warsaw−75 kg
European Junior & U23 Championships
2016 EilatJunior −75 kg
2019 BucharestU23 −76 kg
2015 KlaipėdaJunior +75 kg
Updated on June 4, 2022.

Career

Dekha started her trainings while studying at the Professional Sports College Kharkiv which graduates were, among others, Oleksiy Torokhtiy, Vanda Maslovska, Oleksandr Likhvald, Kamila Konotop, Viktoriya Shaimardanova.[3] She was disqualified for two years at the very beginning of her professional career for doping violations, namely using stanozol.[4]

Her international career after doping ban was resumed in 2015. She showed high performances in junior age, winning several medals, and managed to qualify for the national team. Her first senior championships was 2015 European Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia, where she finished 8th,[5] but next year she would become European champion.[6]

Dekha competed for Ukraine at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7] She lifted in total 247 kg and finished 5th.[8]

2017 European Championships in Split, Norway, was not successful for Dekha since she failed to lift any weight in clear and jerk. Later that year, she became champion of the 2017 Summer Universiade where she won the competition in the −90 kg category.[9]

In 2018, Dekha debuted at the World Championships and finished 6th in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. In 2019, she was 5th.

Dekha was one of two Ukrainian weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She went to Tokyo as reigning European champion after winning the title at the 2021 European Championships in Moscow, Russia. Though she finished 2nd in snatch at the Olympics, she failed to lift any weight in clear and jerk.[10]

Dekha changed her weight category to 81 kg and won her third European title in 2022 in Tirana, Albania, where she lifted in total 253 kg and surpassed the silver medalist and her team fellow Alina Marushchak by 18 kg.[11][12]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil75 kg111114116413313814182475
2020 Tokyo, Japan76 kg1101131132131131131———
World Championships
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan81 kg981011036117121123102266
2019 Pattaya, Thailand76 kg105108110412612913252425
2022 Bogotá, Colombia81 kg11712012213814214262604
European Championships
2015 Tbilisi, Georgia75 kg1001041108111111115112158
2016 Førde, Norway75 kg110113115127131135250
2017 Split, Croatia75 kg114117120137137137———
2021 Moscow, Russia76 kg110113115130135135248
2022 Tirana, Albania81 kg110114116130134137253

References
  1. Iryna Dekh - European champion in weightlifting in the category up to 75 kg, Champion (4 June 2015) (in Ukrainian)
  2. "Iryna Dekha became European champion in weightlifting". Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. "Weightlifting". hovufks.org.ua. Professional Sports College Kharkiv. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  4. "Sanctions". iwf.sport. International Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  5. "15 weightlifters will represent Ukraine at the European Championships". unian.ua. UNIAN. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  6. "Ukrainian Iryna Dekha won three gold medals at the European Championships". xsport.ua. XSPORT. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  7. "The Olympic Team of Ukraine: Rio 2016: Official Handbook" (PDF). noc-ukr.org. National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. p. 33. Retrieved 14 June 2020. Деха Ірина / Dekha Iryna
  8. "Iryna Dekha debuted at the Olympics with rank 5". uwf.net.ua. Ukrainian Weightlifting Federation. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  9. "Taipei 2017: Day six of competition at the 29th Summer Universiade". insidethegames.biz. insidethegames. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  10. "Ukrainian Dekha finished in the Olympics final without achieving total weight". suspilne.media. Suspilne. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  11. "Ukrainians triumphed at the European Weightlifting Championships: Dekh won gold, Marushchak silver". espreso.tv. Espreso.tv. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  12. "2022 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). European Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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