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Olga Mikhailovna Chernyavskaya, née Davydova, formerly Burova (russian: Ольга Михайповна Чернявская; born 17 September 1963) is a Russian
discus thrower The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by th ...
. As Olga Burova, she won the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships. She also won European Championships silver in 1990, World Championship bronze in 1995, and is a three-time Olympian.


Career

Born in
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, she finished fifth at the 1989 World Cup competing as Olga Davydova for the Soviet Union, before going on to win the gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart competing as Olga Burova for Russia. Her best Olympic performance is 5th place in 1992. She also participated in the Olympics in 1996 and 2004. Her personal best is 68.38m, achieved in 1992. Still throwing, Chernyavskaya beat the official Masters W50 discus world record while winning the 2015
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International competitions


See also

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List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women) Women have contested events at the World Athletics Championships since its inauguration in 1983. The top three athletes in each event win gold, silver and bronze medals, respectively. A one-off edition of the championships was also held the same y ...
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List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) This is a complete list of women's medalists of the European Athletics Championships. Track 100 metres 200 metres 400 metres 800 metres 1500 metres 5000 metres 10,000 metres 100 metres hurdles 400 metres hurdle ...
* Discus throw at the World Championships in Athletics


References

* 1963 births Living people People from Irbit Sportspeople from Sverdlovsk Oblast Soviet female discus throwers Russian female discus throwers Olympic athletes of Russia Olympic athletes of the Unified Team Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub