Yuliya Graudyn

Julija Igorevna Graudyn (Russian Юлия Игоревна Граудынь, English transcription Yuliya Graudyn, . Born November 13, 1970 in Moscow) is a former Russian hurdler.

She won at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Toronto in 1993 to fourth place in the 60 - meter hurdles. At the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki in 1994, she won the silver medal behind the Bulgarian Svetla Dimitrova in the 100 - meter hurdles. In addition, she finished second at the IAAF Grand Prix Final in Paris in the same season.

The highlight of her career experienced Graudyn at the World Athletics Championships in Gothenburg in 1995. In the 100 - meter hurdles, she won with a time of 12.85 s the bronze medal behind the USA's Gail Devers ( 12.68 s ) and the Kazakh Olga Schischi Gina ( 12.80 s ).

Then Graudyn succeeded in international championships no longer final. In the two following World Athletics Championships 1997 in Athens and 1999 in Seville, as well as at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 they reached the semi-finals respectively. In the 2000 Olympics she already retired in the quarterfinal round.

Julija Graudyn is 1,74 m tall and had a competition weight of 63 kg. She started for Spartak Moscow and CSKA Moscow.

Bests

  • 50 m hurdles (Hall ): 6.73 s, January 27, 1995, Moscow
  • 60m hurdles (Hall ): 7.93 s, January 27, 1994, Moscow
  • 100m hurdles: 12.62 s, August 30, 1994, Berlin
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