Ryta Turava (Belarusian Рыта Турава; Russian Rita Turova, Рита Турова, born 28 December 1980), also known as Margarita Turova, is an athlete from Belarus, competing in race walking. She was born in Vitebsk.
Her sister, Alesya Turava, is also a successful athlete, champion of Belarus in track and field (1500 metres: bronze medalist at the 2002 European Indoor Championships.
The all-time all-time women's 10-km race-walk record is held by Margarita Turova, at 42:05.[1]
| Representing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 6th | 5000m | 22:06.06 | |
| 2001 | Dudince, Slovakia | - | 20 km | DNF | ||
| European U23 Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 20 km | 1:30:15 | |
| 2004 | Athens, Greece | 4th | 20 km | 1:29:39 | ||
| 2005 | Helsinki, Finland | 2nd | 20 km | 1:27:05 | ||
| 2006 | World Race Walking Cup | A Coruña, Spain | 1st | 20 km | 1:26:27 | |
| Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 20 km | 1:27:08 | |||
| 2007 | Leamington Spa, Great Britain | 1st | 20 km | 1:27:52 | ||
| 2008 | Beijing, China | 10th | 20 km | 1:28:26 | ||