Olga Turchak
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
European Championships | ||
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1986 Stuttgart | High jump |
European Junior Championships | ||
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1985 Cottbuss | High jump |
Olga Turchak (Russian: Опъга Турчак; born 5 March 1967) is a retired female high jumper born in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Biography
Turchak set her personal best on 7 July 1986, jumping 2.01 metres at a meet in Moscow. She competed at two Olympic Games, reaching the final on both occasions. In Seoul 1988, she finished in fourth place with 1.96 m, while in Barcelona 1992, she finished thirteenth with 1.83m, having cleared 1.92 m in the qualifying round. Turchak set the Youth World Best Performance on September 7, 1984 in Donetsk, with a jump of 1.96 metres.
International competitions
- All results regarding high jump
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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1985 | World Indoor Games | Paris, France | 9th | 1.85 m | |
European Junior Championships | Cottbus, East Germany | 2nd | 1.91 m | ||
1986 | European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 3rd | 1.93 m | |
1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 8th | 1.91 m | |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 4th | 1.96 m | |
1989 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 8th | 1.91 m | |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 10th | 1.85 m (1.88) | |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 13th | 1.83 m (1.92) |
See also
External links
Categories:
- Soviet female high jumpers
- Kazakhstani female high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- Olympic athletes of the Unified Team
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Almaty
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
- CIS Athletics Championships winners
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games
- Kazakhstani athletics biography stubs