SALADUKHA Olha

Date of Birth: 4 Jun 1983

Age: 38

Gender: Female

Place of birth: DONETSK

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Place of residence : KYIV

Residence Country:

Ukraine

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Triple Jump

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Triple Jump A	Women's Triple Jump Qualification - Group A	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (13.97)
2012	London, GBR	3rd (14.79)
2008	Beijing, CHN	7th (14.70)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	5th (14.52)
2015	Beijing, CHN	6th (14.41)
2013	Moscow, RUS	3rd (14.65)
2011	Daegu, KOR	1st (14.94)
2007	Osaka, JPN	5th (14.60)

European Championships

Year	Location	Triple Jump
2018	Berlin, GER	Qual. (14.04)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Triple Jump
2021	1 x 6th
2019	1 x 5th, 1 x 6th, 2 x 7th
2018	1 x 7th
2017	1 x 9th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
5	2019	Triple Jump	Monaco, MON	14.39
6	2021	Triple Jump	Doha, QAT	14.04
6	2019	Triple Jump	Oslo, NOR	14.30
7	2019	Triple Jump	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	14.30
7	2019	Triple Jump	Lausanne, SUI	14.49
7	2018	Triple Jump	Oslo, NOR	14.02
9	2017	Triple Jump	Rome, ITA	13.75

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
2	2017	Triple Jump	World Challenge	Turku, FIN	13.88

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Occupation:

Athlete, Politician

Sport Studies - Donetsk State Institute of Health, Physical Education and Sport, Ukraine

Husband Denys Kostyuk, daughter Diana

Languages spoken:

English, Russian, Ukrainian

Dynamo [Ukraine]

Anatoliy Boyko [personal], UKR

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Denys Kostyuk competed in road cycling at the Olympic Games in 2008 and 2016. (sport.ua, 29 May 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 10 Aug 2020)

In 2015 she suffered a back injury that took her five months to recover from. (xsport.ua, 20 May 2016)

She first tried athletics at age nine. (xsport.ua, 20 May 2016)

Her physical education teacher at school, Leonid Skidan, invited her to try out for the athletics team. (xsport.ua, 20 May 2016; hotsport.ua, 23 Jan 2012)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sport.ua, 29 May 2020)

She trains two to three hours a day. (sport.ua, 29 May 2020)

Philosophy:

"The main thing is to believe in yourself and your strengths, without this you will get nowhere. You need to be purposeful, do not betray your dream, and then everything will work out." (sport.ua, 29 May 2020)

She was named 2014 Female Athlete of the Year by the Ukrainian Athletic Federation [FLAU]. (dsmsu.gov.ua, 18 Feb 2015)

In 2013 she received the Order of Princess Olga [second class] in Ukraine. (president.gov.ua, 24 Aug 2013)

In 2012 she received the Order of Princess Olga [third class] in Ukraine. (zakon3.rada.gov.ua, 15 Aug 2012)

In 2007 she received the Medal for Work and Achievement in Ukraine. (zakon3.rada.gov.ua, 06 Sep 2007)

She has received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Ukraine. (sport.ua, 29 May 2020; dsmsu.gov.ua, 28 Dec 2019)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
In 2019 she was elected to the Verkhovna Rada [parliament] of Ukraine and has been member of the parliament's Youth and Sports Committee. "Although I was told that after going into politics I would not succeed in sport, I showed that work and sport can be combined." She has also served as chair of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine's Athletes' Commission, having been elected to the position in 2018. (sport.ua, 29 May 2020; president.gov.ua, 05 May 2020; anocolympic.org, 11 Dec 2018)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has also studied law and international relations at Kyiv International University in Ukraine. (kp.ua, 05 Oct 2011)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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