Dmitry Kroyter

Dmitry (Dima) Kroyter (Hebrew: דמיטרי קרויטר‎, IPA: [ˈkʀɔɪ̯tɐ]; born 18 February 1993) is an Israeli Olympic high jumper.[1][3] He is a former World Youth Champion and Youth Olympics Champion.

Dmitry (Dima) Kroyter[1]
Kroyter in 2011
Personal information
Nationality Israel
Born (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993
Siberia, Russia
ResidenceTel Aviv, Israel
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)[2]
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)High jump
ClubMaccabi Tel Aviv
Coached byAnatoly Shafran
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)High jump - 2.29 m (Schifflange, Luxembourg; August 2015)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Israel
Summer Youth Olympics
2010 SingaporeHigh jump
World Youth Championships
2009 BrixenHigh jump
European Athletics U23 Championships
2015 TallinnHigh jump
European Games
2015 BakuMixed team

Early life

Born in Siberia, Kroyter and his family emigrated to Israel in 1999.[4][5] He grew up in south Tel Aviv, raised by his single mother, Tatiana, who works as a housekeeper.[6][5][7] His parents are divorced, and he has no contact with his father Piotr, who lives in Moldova.[6][7] His brother Evgeni died from a serious liver illness in 2012.[6][5][7] Kroyter served in the Israel Defense Forces, completing his service in 2015.[8]

High jumping career

Kroyter has been coached in the high jump since 2005 by Anatoly "Tolek" Shafran, at Maccabi Tel Aviv.[9]

In 2009, he became Israel's first Youth (17 or younger) World Champion at the age of 16 by winning the gold medal with a high jump of 2.20 m at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics (the sixth IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics) in Brixen, Italy.[10][8][11][12] That year Kroyter also won the Israeli senior championship in the high jump, with a jump of 2.19 m.[7] In June 2009 he set a world record for boys under 17 years of age, at 2.21 m.[13] He was hampered, however, by a thigh injury that prevented him from training.[13][13]

In 2010, despite a nagging injury Kroyter won the gold medal in the high jump at the Youth (18 or younger) Olympics in Singapore.[14][15][16] His jump of 2.24 at the age of 16 at a competition in Moscow in February 2010 remains as of August 2016 the best high jump ever by a European youth under 17 years of age.[6] He was dubbed a "rising young star" at the age of 17 by Allon Sinai of the Jerusalem Post.[17]

In 2011, he cleared 2.28 m while he was 17 years of age (a personal best at the time).[8] Later in the year, at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, Kroyter cleared 2.16 m in the Men's High Jump qualifiers.[8] He was the youngest competitor in the event, at 18 years of age.[8]

In 2012, Kroyter came 4th in the Men's high jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, Spain.[11] He also won a gold medal at the 76th Israeli Athletics Championships.[18]

In 2014, he was about to retire because of pain from a relentless injury, but came back from it.[3]

Kroyter won a silver medal in Men's High Jump with a jump of 2.24 m at the European Athletics Under-23 Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, in July 2015.[3][8]

His career-best high jump as of July 2016 was 2.29 m, in Schifflange, Luxembourg, in August 2015.[3][11] That met the International Association of Athletics Federations Olympic qualifying standard.[19]

Kroyter represented Israel at the 2016 Olympics, at the age of 23.[3][20] He exited in the qualification round after having jumped 2.17 m.[21]

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See also

References
  1. The Lounge - Business & Innovation - Jerusalem Post
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Israeli Olympic profiles: Dmitry Kroyter - Israel News - Jerusalem Post
  4. http://eiger.tripod.com/profiles/kroyter.html%5B%5D
  5. Track and Field / Israeli Championships / High jumper Kroyter aims to qualify for London - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com
  6. Father figure - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com
  7. http://www.thejc.com/sport/sport-news/jump-start-teen%E2%80%99s-olympic-ambitions
  8. Kroyter jumps back into picture as high-flying Israeli phenom - Israel News - Jerusalem Post
  9. Father figure: Dmitriy Kroyter and Anatoly Shafran
  10. "Eight to watch at the European Juniors". Athletics Weekly. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012.
  11. Dmitriy KROYTER | Profile | iaaf.org
  12. Road to Rio: JLife's Olympics Preview - JLife
  13. 73rd Israel Athletics Championships / Profile / At just 16, high jumper already has full-grown Olympic dreams - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com
  14. Sinai Says: Five athletes with five backgrounds represent Israel at worlds - Israel News - Jerusalem Post
  15. At just 17, Kroyter taking Israeli athletics to new heights - Sports - Jerusalem Post
  16. Athletics / Kroyter leaps to Israel's third gold - Haaretz - Israel News | Haaretz.com
  17. "At just 17, Kroyter taking Israeli athletics to new heights". The Jerusalem Post.
  18. Nationals gold not enough for Kroyter, Muchkayev - Sports - Jerusalem Post
  19. Athletics: Knyazyeva-Minenko targets medal at Euro Championships - Israel News - Jerusalem Post
  20. Kroyter suffers early high jump exit | Jewish News
  21. "Olympics-Athletics-Men's high jump qualification results"
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