| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 3 | Heptathlon | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 6591 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | Heptathlon | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 6880 |
| 8 | Heptathlon | 2009 | Berlin, GER | 6288 |
| European Championships | ||||
| 4 | Heptathlon | 2010 | Barcelona, ESP | 6512 |
| World Combined Events Challenge | ||||
| 1 | Heptathlon | 2011 | Talence, FRA | 6679 |
| 1 | Heptathlon | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 6880 |
| 1 | Heptathlon | 2011 | Kladno, CZE | 6773 |
| 1 | Heptathlon | 2010 | Talence, FRA | 6453 |
| 2 | Heptathlon | 2012 | Gotzis, AUT | 6774 |
| 2 | Heptathlon | 2011 | Gotzis, AUT | 6539 |
| 2 | Heptathlon | 2010 | Gotzis, AUT | 6572 |
| 2 | Heptathlon | 2009 | Ratingen, GER | 6386 |
| 3 | Heptathlon | 2009 | Talence, FRA | 6306 |
| 3 | Heptathlon | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 6591 |
| 4 | Heptathlon | 2010 | Barcelona, ESP | 6512 |
| 4 | Heptathlon | 2008 | Talence, FRA | 6366 |
| 7 | Heptathlon | 2009 | Gotzis, AUT | 6243 |
| 8 | Heptathlon | 2009 | Berlin, GER | 6288 |
| World Indoor Championships | ||||
| 3 | Pentathlon | 2010 | Doha, QAT | 4762 |
| 4 | Pentathlon | 2012 | Istanbul, TUR | 4725 |
Hobbies
Sports, cars, shooting, horse riding, travelling. (vk.com, 20 Feb 2012)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Kuban State University of Physical Education, Sport and Tourism, Krasnodar, RUS
Language(s) spoken
Russian
Club name
Dinamo, Russia
Coach
Vladimir Kudryavtsev, Sergei Chernov [father] (RUS) (rusathletics.com, 29 Jan 2012)
Other sports
Her mother Lyudmila Chernova [nee Zenina] won an Olympic gold medal in 1980 as part of the Soviet Union 4x400m relay team. Her father Sergey Chernov was a well-known Soviet decathlete. (iaaf.org, 16 Jul 2009)
Additional information
Reason for taking up this sport
"My parents were coaching and, as soon as it became possible, I started going to training camps with them. Athletes played with me as a child in their free time and I enjoyed these trips a lot. So, at first I joined my parents and their athletes at the stadium, just to play around, and then steadily I started training more and more seriously." (iaaf.org, 16 Jul 2009)
Ambitions
To become an Olympic champion. (iaaf.org, 24 Aug 2006)
Hero
Her mother Lyudmila Chernova [an Olympic champion]. (iaaf.org, 16 Jul 2009)
Awards
She holds the national sports title of Honoured Master of Sport. (kubansport.ru, 2010)
General
IMPRESSIVE DEBUT
She was the overwhelming star performer at the 2006 World Junior Championship in Beijing. One year before she had already won the title at the World Youth Championships in Marakesh, Morocco. Although she was one year younger than most of her opponents in Beijing, she won the gold medal with a winning score of 6227 points, more than 200 points ahead of the silver medallist Ida Marcusson of Norway. The score ranked her in the top seven junior heptathletes of all-time and was the best score at the time by a junior heptathlete since Sweden`s Carolina Kluft broke the world junior record in 2002. During her heptathlon in Beijing she won five of seven events, setting personal bests in four of them. (iaaf.org, 24 Aug 2006)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
