{{short description|Kazakhstani high jumper}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport| Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{URS}} }} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1986 Stuttgart|High jump}} {{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1985 Cottbuss | High jump}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Olga Turchak''' ({{langx|ru|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, a mark that stood as the World Junior Record for 33 years, until being broken twice in a row by Yaroslava Mahuchikh in the 2019 World Championships. 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== *<small>All results regarding high jump</small> {| {{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{URS}} / {{EUN}} |- |rowspan=2|1985 |World Indoor Games |Paris, France |9th |1.85 m |- |European Junior Championships |Cottbus, East Germany |bgcolor="silver"| 2nd |1.91 m |- |1986 |European Championships |Stuttgart, West Germany |bgcolor="cc9966"| 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<small> (1.88)</small> |- |1992 |Olympic Games |Barcelona, Spain |13th |1.83 m<small> (1.92)</small> |}
==See also== *List of world youth bests in athletics *List of world junior records in athletics
==External links== * [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/gender=W/allrecords/discipline=HJ/index.html IAAF site] * {{Sports-reference|tu/olga-turchak-1.html}} * [http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-d25.htm Women's World All-Time List]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turchak, Olga}} Category:Soviet women high jumpers Category:Kazakhstani women high jumpers Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Category:Olympic athletes for the Unified Team Category:1967 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes from Almaty Category:European Athletics Championships medalists Category:Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Category:CIS Athletics Championships winners Category:Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Category:Soviet Athletics Championships winners
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