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Aelita Yurchenko

Personal information
Born	(1965-01-01) 1 January 1965 Mogilev, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	400 metres
Medal record Women's athletics World Championships Representing the Soviet Union 1987 Rome 4 × 400 metres relay World Indoor Championships Representing the Soviet Union 1991 Seville 4 × 400 metres relay European Cup Representing Ukraine 1993 Rome 4 × 400 metres relay

Aelita Vyacheslavovna Yurchenko (Ukrainian: Аеліта В'ячеславівна Юрченко; born 1 January 1965) is a retired Ukrainian sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. She represented the Soviet Union and later Ukraine at three outdoor and two indoor World Championships.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Soviet Union
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	2nd	4x400 m relay	3:19.50
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	400 m	51.59
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:27.95
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	11th (h)	400 m	52.65
Representing Ukraine
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	10th (sf)	400 m	51.55
			9th (h)	4x400 m relay	3:30.37
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	5th	4x400 m relay	3:30.43

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 22.67 (Simferopol 1988)
• 400 metres – 49.47 (Moscow 1988)

Indoor

• 400 metres – 51.59 (Seville 1991)

References

• All-Athletics profile