Larisa Turchinskaya

Larisa Turchinskaya
Personal information
Birth name	Larisa Nikitina
Nationality	Russian
Born	29 April 1965 (age 59); Kostroma
Spouse	Vladimir Turchinsky

Larisa Turchinskaya (Russian: Лариса Турчинская, née Nikitina; born 29 April 1965) is a retired Russian heptathlete.

Career

Her personal best result is 7007 points, achieved on 10–11 June 1989 in Bryansk. This result remained the European record, until Carolina Klüft achieved 7032 points at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. This performance still ranks Turchinskaya fourth on the world all time-performers list.

She was the runner-up at the 1994 Hypo-Meeting with a score of 6596 points.

Turchinskaya won a silver medal at the 1990 Goodwill Games, but was later disqualified, after having tested positive for amphetamines.^[3]^[4]

Turchinskaya was born in Russia, where she married the strongman and media personality Vladimir Turchinsky. In the early 1990s, after competing in Australia she decided to settle in the country.^[2]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Soviet Union
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	2nd	Heptathlon	6564 pts
1989	World Student Games	Duisburg, Germany	1st	Heptathlon	6847 pts
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, USA	DSQ (2nd)	Heptathlon
Representing Russia
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	—	Heptathlon	DNF
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	Pentathlon	4801 pts
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	Heptathlon	6311 pts
	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	2nd	Heptathlon	6492 pts