Olympic champion Paris-2024 Yaroslav Maguchiy celebrates its 24th birthday on September 19. Despite the young age, she has already gone in the history of world athletics in height jumping. A native of the Dnieper on the eve of games in the capital of France broke the record of the planet, which 37 years ago set Stefka Kostadinov from Bulgaria.

According to the athlete, in adolescence, she, like all children, was engaged in creativity, and athletics appeared in her life a little later. " I had to go to school, get knowledge, I understood this. But after the fees it was hard. Especially in mathematics, ”shared the memories of Yaroslav, writes Vidkritiy.

A sister, whom she literally brought her activity brought into the sport of magic. " Therefore, she decided to take me to athletics, which she herself was engaged at that time. Then it was just a game for me, ”the athlete said.

The champion also remembered that at school she enjoyed increased attention with classmates: “Since childhood I liked different boys. First of all, she sympathized with handsome men, as is often the case in school. I also liked the boys, in the lessons I was constantly transmitted notes with painted hearts "