Olha Valeriivna Saladukha (, 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 Saladukha 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.
At the end of 2008 Saladukha 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.
Saladukha's personal best jump is 14.99 meters, achieved on 29 June 2012 in Helsinki at the European Championships. Her personal best in the long jump is 6.37 metres.
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. She was elected to parliament.CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections, Ukrinform (26 July 2019) Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019, Ukrayinska Pravda (21 July 2019)
Achievements Representing 1999World Youth ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland9th12.76 m2001European Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy9th13.07 m2002World Junior ChampionshipsKingston, Jamaica5th13.17 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)2005European U23 ChampionshipsErfurt, Germany4th13.93 m (wind: +0.2 m/s)Universiadeİzmir, Turkey 2nd13.96 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden4th14.38 mWorld Athletics FinalStuttgart, Germany6th14.04 mWorld CupAthens, Greece6th14.16 m2007UniversiadeBangkok, Thailand 1st14.79 m (PB)World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan7th14.60 m2008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain6th14.32 mOlympic GamesBeijing, China9th14.70 m2010Continental CupSplit, Croatia 2nd14.70 mEuropean ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain 1st14.81 m (EL)2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea 1st14.94 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 1st14.99 m (WL, PB)Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom 3rd14.79 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 1st14.88 m (WL, NR)World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia 3rd14.65 m2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland 2nd14.45 mEuropean ChampionshipsZurich, Switzerland 1st14.73 mContinental CupMarrakesh, Morocco 3rd14.26 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China6th14.41 m2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands6th14.23 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil18th (q)13.97 m2018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany13th (q)14.04 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom3rd14.47 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar5th14.52 m2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan20th (q)13.91 m
Personal bests Type Event Time Date Place NotesOutdoor Long Jump 6.37 m 14 May 2006 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Triple Jump 14.99 m 29 June 2012 Helsinki, Finland Indoor Long Jump 6.31 m 22 February 2006 Sumy, Ukraine Triple Jump 14.88 m 29 June 2013 Gothenburg, Sweden All information taken from IAAF profile.
See also Triple jump - Women's seasons best List of members of the parliament of Ukraine, 2019–24
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External links
Verkhovna Rada (in Ukrainian)