Olga Mikhailovna Chernyavskaya, née Davydova, formerly Burova (; born 17 September 1963) is a Russian

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. 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.

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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

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. She also participated in the Olympics in

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

. 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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* 1963 births Living people People from Irbit Athletes from Sverdlovsk Oblast Soviet female discus throwers Russian female discus throwers Olympic athletes for Russia Olympic athletes for 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 Soviet Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-discusthrow-athletics-bio-stub

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