Hanna Skydan

Hanna Skydan

Skydan in 2022.
Personal information
Nationality	Ukraine (until 2014) Azerbaijan (since January 2015)
Born	(1992-05-14) 14 May 1992 (age 32) Krasnyi Luch, Ukraine
Education	Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture and Sport[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Hammer throw
Medal record Women's athletics Representing  Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku Hammer throw European Championships 2016 Amsterdam Hammer throw Universiade 2015 Gwangju Hammer throw

Hanna Skydan (Ukrainian: Ганна Скидан, Azerbaijani: Hanna Skidan; born 14 May 1992 in Krasnyi Luch, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani hammer thrower.^[2] She competed for her country of birth at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and for Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's hammer throw.^[3]

Career

For Azerbaijan she won the gold medals at the 2015 Summer Universiade and 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games.

Her personal best in the event is 75.29 metres set in Baku in 2017.^[4]

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Ukraine
2009	European Youth Olympic Festival	Tampere, Finland	5th	Hammer throw	54.55 m
	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	12th	Hammer throw	48.30 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	27th (q)	Hammer throw	48.78 m
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	–	Hammer throw	NM
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	19th (q)	Hammer throw	68.50 m
Representing  Azerbaijan
2015	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	1st	Hammer throw	70.67 m
	World Championships	Beijing, China	23rd (q)	Hammer throw	66.91 m
2016	Championships of the Small States of Europe	Marsa, Malta	1st	Hammer throw	71.41 m
European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	3rd	Hammer throw	73.83 m
Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	13th (q)	Hammer throw	70.09 m
2017	Islamic Solidarity Games	Baku, Azerbaijan	1st	Hammer throw	75.29 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	5th	Hammer throw	73.38 m
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	–	Hammer throw	NM
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	5th	Hammer throw	72.10 m
2019	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	7th	Hammer throw	72.83 m
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	16th (q)	Hammer throw	69.57 m
2022	World Championships	Eugene, United States	11th	Hammer throw	69.01 m
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	1st	Hammer throw	70.23 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	4th	Hammer throw	70.88 m
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	4th	Hammer throw	74.18 m
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	10th	Hammer throw	68.10 m
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	7th	Hammer throw	73.66 m

References

1. "2015 WSG profile". gwangju2015.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2015.
2. Hanna Skydan at World Athletics
3. "Athletics: SKYDAN Hanna - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
4. "That moment when… Skydan found the perfect coach | SERIES | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 16 October 2021.

External links

• Hanna Skydan at World Athletics
• Hanna Skydan at European Athletics
• Hanna Skydan at Olympics.com
• Anna Skydan at Olympedia (archive)
• Hanna Skidan at Olympic.az (in Azerbaijani)