Olha Saladuha

Olha Saladukha

Saladuha at the 2013 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1983-06-04) 4 June 1983 (age 33) Donetsk, Ukraine
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Ukraine
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Triple jump
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Triple jump World Championships 2011 Daegu Triple jump 2013 Moscow Triple jump World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot Triple jump European Championships 2010 Barcelona Triple jump 2012 Helsinki Triple jump 2014 Zürich Triple jump European Indoor Championships 2013 Gothenburg Triple jump Universiade 2007 Bangkok Triple jump 2005 Izmir Triple jump Continental Cup 2010 Split Triple jump 2014 Marrakech Triple jump

Olha Saladuha (Ukrainian: Ольга Саладуха, born 4 June 1983) is a Ukrainian triple jumper.

Saladuha 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 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 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 is reigning European champion at the women's triple jump, having won the title in 2010, 2012 and 2014.