Olha Saladuha ( uk, Ольга Валеріївна Саладуха, born 4 June 1983) is a Ukrainian former

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er. Since the

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she is a member of the

Ukrainian parliament The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

Biography

Saladuha took up athletics at the same club as

Sergey Bubka Sergey Nazarovych Bubka ( uk, Сергій Назарович Бубка; born 4 December 1963) is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991. Bubka was twice named Athlete of the Year by '' T ...

, 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

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. After struggling with injuries for the next two years and briefly retiring from the sport, she made steady progress, finishing fourth at the

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and winning the gold at the

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with a personal best of 14.79 meters. 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

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. The following year she set a new personal best at the

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meeting in

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, where she jumped 14.98 meters, and she then went on to take the

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at the

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. She won the bronze medal at the

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in London, and was European champion in the women's triple jump in 2010,

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and

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. Saladukha's personal best jump is 14.99 meters, achieved on 29 June 2012 in

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at the

. She also has a personal best of 6.37 metres in the

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. She is married to racing cyclist Denys Kostyuk. Saladukha took part in the July

with the party

Servant of the People Servant of the People (SN; uk, Слуга народу, Sluha narodu, ) is a liberal, centrist, pro-European political party in Ukraine. It was formed in late 2017 and was officially registered on 31 March 2018 on the basis of the previousl ...

. She was elected to parliament.CEC counts 100 percent of vote in Ukraine's parliamentary elections

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(26 July 2019)
Results of the extraordinary elections of the People's Deputies of Ukraine 2019

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(21 July 2019)

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*All information taken from IAAF profile.

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(in Ukrainian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Saladukha, Olha 1983 births Living people Ukrainian female triple jumpers Olympic athletes of Ukraine Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Donetsk Olympic bronze medalists for Ukraine World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Ukraine Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Ukraine Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 1st class Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd class Servant of the People (political party) politicians Ukrainian sportsperson-politicians Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada 21st-century Ukrainian women politicians 21st-century Ukrainian politicians Diamond League winners World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Laureates of the Prize of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine for special achievements of youth in the development of Ukraine Politicians from Donetsk Women members of the Verkhovna Rada

Biography

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