Ukrainian high jumper Yulia Levchenko, who is called the most beautiful athlete in the country, admitted that the decision to get married after ten years of relationship was made spontaneously and without pompous ceremonies. The athlete told how the war, lockdowns and her husband’s father’s service at the front postponed the wedding for years.

Levchenko noted that she received a marriage proposal back in 2019, but it was not possible to implement it for a long time. Everything changed in 2024, when she herself initiated the conversation about marriage.

“And already in 2024 I tell him: “Listen, we will never find a reason to celebrate our wedding. Let's just sign" I say: “I’m already walking with you. I don’t know what to call it: a guy—it’s somehow inconvenient, because I’ve been a guy for ten years. The groom has also been like this for several years." I say: “Come on,” admitted the 28-year-old native of Bakhmut on the air of the Youtube channel Gliwinskiy Pro Sport.

According to the athlete, at first the couple planned an intimate ceremony with just the two of them, but everything changed due to the rare opportunity to invite her husband’s father, who serves on the front line..

When he was able to come to Kyiv for a short vacation, the decision was made instantly and the painting was scheduled for a specific day. As a result, parents, friends and a coach appeared at the ceremony, although the event took place on a weekday and was prepared in a hurry.

Levchenko admitted that at first she wasn’t even going to wear a wedding dress, but at the last moment she changed her mind and never regretted it.. She recalls how literally in one visit to the simplest store she chose a dress and bought it right away. “If I showed myself in the mirror in the named cloth, without makeup, they looked even cooler,” admitted the athlete.

The wedding turned out to be small and intimate, but, according to Levchenko, absolutely real. She emphasized that now, passing by wedding windows, she does not feel a drop of regret, because everything important has already happened that day.

Let us remind you that the silver medalist of the World Athletics Championship and one of the most beautiful athletes on the planet got married 10 days before the start of the 2024 Olympics in Paris. On July 16, the husband of the famous high jumper became long-distance runner Yuri Kishchenko, who, after the start of a full-scale invasion, defended his country with weapons in his hands..