Olga Chernyavskaya

Olga Mikhailovna Chernyavskaya, née Davydova, formerly Burova (Ольга Михайповна Чернявская; born 17 September 1963) is a Russian discus thrower. 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 Irbit, 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 World Masters Athletics Championships in Lyon, France.