Viktoriya Rybalko is a Ukrainian

Ukraine

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 long jumper

Long jump

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She finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and seventh at the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

She had previously attended the University of Maine

University of Maine

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 in the USA where she competed in the NCAA and was named an All-American. http://www.americaeast.com/local/071403.htm She then attended the University of Rochester

University of Rochester

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 where she earned her Master's in Microbiology. As of now, she is a teacher and is working for her PhD in Physiology at the University of Texas.

Her personal best jump is 6.82 metres, achieved in 2006.

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