Anna Ryzhykova
Introduction


[thumb\|Anna Ryzhykova at the [2020 Tokyo Olympics](/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics "Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics")](/wiki/File:Anna_Ryzhykova_and_Viktoriya_Tkachuk_at_Tokyo_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg "Anna Ryzhykova and Viktoriya Tkachuk at Tokyo 2020 (cropped).jpg")

**Anna Vasylivna Ryzhykova**, nee **Yaroshchuk** (; born 24 November 1989\) is a Ukrainian [track and field](/wiki/Track_and_field "Track and field") athlete who specialises in the [400 metres hurdles](/wiki/400_metres_hurdles "400 metres hurdles"). At the [European Athletics Championships](/wiki/European_Athletics_Championships "European Athletics Championships"), she won silver medals in [2012](/wiki/2012_European_Athletics_Championships "2012 European Athletics Championships") and [2018](/wiki/2018_European_Athletics_Championships "2018 European Athletics Championships"), and bronze in [2022](/wiki/2022_European_Athletics_Championships "2022 European Athletics Championships"). Ryzhykova placed fifth at the [2020 Tokyo Olympics](/wiki/Athletics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics "Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics").

She won gold medals at the 2011 [Summer Universiade](/wiki/2011_Summer_Universiade "2011 Summer Universiade") and [European U23 Championships](/wiki/2011_European_Athletics_U23_Championships "2011 European Athletics U23 Championships"). Ryzhykova is the [Ukrainian record](/wiki/List_of_Ukrainian_records_in_athletics "List of Ukrainian records in athletics") holder in her specialist event with a time of 52\.96 seconds.


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