Vita Palamar

Ukrainian high jumper

Vita Palamar (Ukrainian: Віта Паламар; born 12 October 1977 in Khmelnytskyi, Soviet Union) is a female high jumper from Ukraine.

Career

Her personal best jump is 2.01 metres, achieved in Zürich in August 2003. She set an indoor best of 1.96 m to win the Hochsprung mit Musik in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

On 17 November 2016, the IOC disqualified Palamar from the 2008 Olympic Games and struck her results from the record for failing a drugs test in a re-analysis of her doping sample from 2008.^[1]

In May 2017, she was disqualified for two years.^[2]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Ukraine
1996	World Junior Championships	Sydney, Australia	6th	1.85 m
1999	European U23 Championships	Göteborg, Sweden	6th	1.85 m
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	5th	1.92 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	7th	1.96 m
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	5th	1.93 m
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	5th	1.94 m
	Universiade	Beijing, China	1st	1.96 m
	Goodwill Games	Brisbane, Australia	3rd	1.93 m
2003	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2nd	2.01m (=PB)
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	1.97 m
2004	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8th	1.88 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	1.93 m
2005	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	2nd	1.93 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	3rd	2.01 m (NR)
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	DSQ (5th)	DSQ (1.99)

References

^ "IOC sanctions 16 athletes for failing anti-doping test at Beijing 2008". IOC. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
^ "6 track athletes handed doping bans after Olympic retests". 31 May 2017.