Yuriy Krymarenko

Yuri Krymarenko (Ukrainian Юрій Кримаренко; . Engl transcription Yuriy Krymarenko; born August 11, 1983) is a Ukrainian high jumper who became world champion in Helsinki at the World Athletics Championships in 2005.

As the only he jumped 2.32 m. The favorite Stefan Holm (winner of the 2004 Olympic Games ) failed, as did the Canadian Mark Boswell at that altitude, and remained without a medal. Krymarenko had already started at the European Junior Championships in Erfurt in 2005 and defeated the Czechs here Jaroslaw Bába who jumped only 2.29 m at the World Championships. Krymarenkos personal best is 2.33 m. At the World Championships in Osaka in 2007 he had already failed in the qualifying at the height of 2.29 m.

Yuri Krymarenko has a competition weight of 62 kg at a height of 1.85 m.