Marharyta Dorozhon

Marharyta Dorozhon

Marharyta Dorozhon at the 2015 Bislett Games
Personal information
Native name	Маргарита Дорожон
Full name	Marharyta Serhiïvna Dorozhon
Citizenship	Israel
Born	(1987-09-04) 4 September 1987 (age 37) Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Agent	Jose Praia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Javelin throw
Club	Hapoel Emek Hefer
Coached by	Alexander Drigol and Vladimir Kharun
Achievements and titles
Personal best	64.56 m (2015; Israeli national record)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  UKR World Junior Championships 2006 Beijing Javelin Representing  ISR European Games 2015 Baku Mixed Team Maccabiah Games 2017 Israel Javelin
Updated on 31 May 2015

Marharyta Serhiïvna Dorozhon (Ukrainian: Маргарита Сергіївна Дорожон, Hebrew: מרגריטה סרגייבנה דורוז'ון; born 4 September 1987) is an Israeli javelin thrower. Born and raised in Ukraine, she competed for that country until she became an Israeli citizen in 2014.^[2][3]

Competing for Ukraine, Dorozhon came in third at the 11th IAAF World Junior Championships, and finished 14th in the women's javelin throw event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She won the 2013 István Gyulai Memorial with a throw of 61.31 m, the 2013 Ukrainian Championships with a throw of 62.01 m, and the 2014 IAAF World Challenge Seiko Golden Grand Prix with a throw of 59.15 m in Tokyo, Japan.

Dorozhon represented Israel in April 2015, four months after she became a citizen. In May 2015 she won the IAAF World Challenge Golden Spike Ostrava javelin throw in the Czech Republic, with a personal best and Israeli national record winning throw of 63.85. The following month, she won a gold medal and again set an Israeli national record at the IAAF Diamond League Bislett Games in Norway, with a throw of 64.56 m. She won a gold medal representing Israel at the 2015 European Games that same month, with her throw of 58.00 m establishing a new European Games record.