Background
She was born to Valentin Demydov and Iryna Demydova in Sumy.
She was born to Valentin Demydov and Iryna Demydova in Sumy.
She attended university in Mykolaiv, before going on to do a masters in sport management at the University of Southern Mississippi in the United States.
She competed in the triple jump event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She finished her time at the institution having broken the school, conference (Conference United States of America) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (Women"s Division I) records for the triple jump both indoors and outdoors.
She also competed collegiately for the Southern Mission Golden Eagles and won the Conference United States of America indoor and outdoor titles, as well as having a fourth-place finish at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Indoor Championships and a third-place finish at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Outdoor Championships in 2011, as well as winning the Nationals (National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships) at the end of her collegiate career in 2012.
