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{{MedalSport| Women's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{URS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1986 European Athletics Championships|1986 Stuttgart]] | High jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Junior Athletics Championships|European Junior Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1985 European Athletics Junior Championships|1985 Cottbuss]] | High jump}}
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'''Olga Turchak''' ({{lang-ru|Опъга Тучак}}; born 5 March 1967) is a retired female [[high jump]]er from [[Kazakhstan]].

==Biography==
Turchak set her personal best on 7 July 1986, jumping 2.01 metres at a meet in [[Moscow]]. She competed at two  [[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], reaching the final on both occasions. In [[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul 1988]], she finished in fourth place with 1.96 m, while in [[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona 1992]], she finished thirteenth with 1.83m, having cleared 1.92 m in the qualifying round. Turchak set the Youth World Best Performance on September 7, 1984 in [[Donetsk]], with a jump of 1.96 metres. 

==International competitions==
*<small>All results regarding high jump</small>
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{URS}} / {{EUN}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1985
|[[1985 IAAF World Indoor Games|World Indoor Games]]
|[[Paris, France]]
|9th
|1.85 m
|-
|[[1985 European Athletics Junior Championships|European Junior Championships]]
|[[Cottbus]], [[East Germany]]
|bgcolor="silver"| 2nd
|1.91 m
|-
|1986
|[[1986 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]
|[[Stuttgart]], [[West Germany]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"| 3rd
|1.93 m
|-
|1987
|[[1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Indianapolis, United States]]
|8th
|1.91 m
|-
|1988
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
|4th
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|1.96 m]]
|-
|1989
|[[1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Budapest, Hungary]]
|8th
|1.91 m
|-
|1990
|[[1990 European Championships in Athletics|European Championships]]
|[[Split, Yugoslavia]]
|10th
|1.85 m<small> (1.88)</small>
|-
|1992
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|13th
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump|1.83 m]]<small> (1.92)</small>
|}

==See also==
*[[List of world youth bests in athletics]]
*[[List of world junior records in athletics]]

==External links==
* [http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/records/gender=W/allrecords/discipline=HJ/index.html IAAF site]
* {{Sports-reference|tu/olga-turchak-1.html}}
* [http://hem.bredband.net/athletics/atb-d25.htm Women's World All-Time List]

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[[Category:Kazakhstani female high jumpers]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes of the Unified Team]]
[[Category:1967 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]


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