Olha Saladukha Explained
Olha Saladuha (Ukrainian: Ольга Валеріївна Саладуха, born 4 June 1983) is a Ukrainian former triple jumper. Since the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election she is a member of the Ukrainian parliament.
Biography
Saladuha took up athletics at the same club as Sergey Bubka, originally as a sprint hurdler before switching to triple jumping. In 1998 she set a European age-group record of 13.32 meters. Subsequently, she finished fifth at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics. After struggling with injuries for the next two years and briefly retiring from the sport, she made steady progress, finishing fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships and winning the gold at the 2007 Summer Universiade with a personal best of 14.79 meters.[1]
At the end of 2008 Saladuha took a year out of competition to start a family, giving birth to a daughter, Diana. She subsequently returned to competition in 2010, winning gold at the European Championships in Barcelona. The following year she set a new personal best at the Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon, where she jumped 14.98 meters, and she then went on to take the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu.
She won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and was European champion in the women's triple jump in 2010, 2012 and 2014.[2]
Saladukha's personal best jump is 14.99 meters, achieved on 29 June 2012 in Helsinki at the European Championships. She also has a personal best of 6.37 metres in the long jump.
She is married to racing cyclist Denys Kostyuk.
Saladukha took part in the July 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election with the party Servant of the People.[3] She was elected to parliament.[4]
Achievements
| Representing |
|---|
| 1999 | World Youth Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 9th | 12.76 m |
| 2001 | European Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 9th | 13.07 m |
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 5th | 13.17 m (wind: +0.4 m/s) |
| 2005 | European U23 Championships | Erfurt, Germany | 4th | 13.93 m (wind: +0.2 m/s) |
| Universiade | İzmir, Turkey | 2nd | 13.96 m |
| 2006 | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 4th | 14.38 m |
| World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 6th | 14.04 m |
| World Cup | Athens, Greece | 6th | 14.16 m |
| 2007 | Universiade | Bangkok, Thailand | 1st | 14.79 m (PB) |
| World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 7th | 14.60 m |
| 2008 | World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 6th | 14.32 m |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 9th | 14.70 m |
| 2010 | Continental Cup | Split, Croatia | 2nd | 14.70 m |
| European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | 14.81 m (EL) |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 1st | 14.94 m |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 1st | 14.99 m (WL, PB) |
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | 14.79 m |
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 14.88 m (WL, NR) |
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 3rd | 14.65 m |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 2nd | 14.45 m |
| European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 1st | 14.73 m |
| Continental Cup | Marrakech, Morocco | 3rd | 14.26 m |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 6th | 14.41 m |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6th | 14.23 m |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 18th (q) | 13.97 m |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 13th (q) | 14.04 m |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 3rd | 14.47 m |
| World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 5th | 14.52 m |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 20th (q) | 13.91 m | |
Personal bests
| Type | Event | Time | Date | Place | Notes |
|---|
| Outdoor | | 6.37 m | 14 May 2006 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| 14.99 m | 29 June 2012 | Helsinki, Finland | |
| Indoor | | 6.31 m | 22 February 2006 | Sumy, Ukraine | |
| 14.88 m | 29 June 2013 | Gothenburg, Sweden | | |
- All information taken from IAAF profile.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Inspired by Lebedeva, Saladuha continues post-childbirth return with second big title . Mulkeen . Jon. 2 September 2011 . . 29 January 2015.
- News: Les relais suisses du 4 x 100 m voient leur rêve s'envoler . . 17 August 2014. Tribune de Genève. fr. Swiss Relay 4 x 100m see their dream evaporate. 29 January 2015.
- Web site: Перша сотня партії Зеленського: без "95 кварталу", з олімпійськими чемпіонами і ЗеКомандою. 9 June 2019 .
- https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-elections/2748306-cec-counts-100-percent-of-vote-in-ukraines-parliamentary-elections.html CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections
