| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 3 | High Jump | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 2.03 |
| 6 | High Jump | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 1.96 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | High Jump | 2011 | Daegu, KOR | 2.03 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2009 | Berlin, GER | 2.02 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2007 | Osaka, JPN | 2.03 |
| Diamond League | ||||
| 1 | High Jump | 2012 | Eugene, OR, USA | 2.02 |
| 1 | High Jump | 2011 | Brussels, BEL | 2.05 |
| 1 | High Jump | 2011 | Lausanne, SUI | 1.95 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2011 | Birmingham, GBR | 1.99 |
| Golden League | ||||
| 2 | High Jump | 2009 | Brussels, BEL | 2.00 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2009 | Zurich, SUI | 1.98 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2009 | Paris Saint-Denis, FRA | 1.97 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2008 | Zurich, SUI | 1.98 |
| 5 | High Jump | 2008 | Brussels, BEL | 1.94 |
| World Challenge | ||||
| 1 | High Jump | 2011 | Zagreb, CRO | 2.00 |
| 3 | High Jump | 2011 | Rabat, MAR | 1.95 |
| Super Grand Prix | ||||
| 3 | High Jump | 2009 | Monaco, MON | 1.95 |
| Grand Prix | ||||
| 2 | High Jump | 2009 | Zagreb, CRO | 1.94 |
| 2 | High Jump | 2008 | Zagreb, CRO | 2.04 |
| World Indoor Championships | ||||
| 2 | High Jump | 2012 | Istanbul, TUR | 1.95 |
Hobbies
Listening to music, going to Russian baths, meeting friends. (cska.ru, 2008)
Education
Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, Moscow, RUS
Family
Husband Gennadiy Chernovol and daughter Nika
Language(s) spoken
Russian
Club name
Russian Army, Russia
Coach
Vladimir Checherov [father], Yevgeny Zagorulko (RUS) (rusathletics.com, 08 Feb 2012)
Other sports
Her mother was a basketball player and her father a high jumper. Husband Gennadiy Chernovol is a former sprinter representing Kazakhstan. (IAAF, 29 Jan 2003)
Injuries
She suffered from back injury prior to the 2003 World Championships and then hurt her knee during warm up at the event itself in Paris. (IAAF, 29 Jan 2003)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
She began serious athletics training at age 11 but was exposed to the sport as a child. (IAAF, 29 Jan 2003)
Reason for taking up this sport
Her father, a high jumper, used to take her to the athletics stadium. "There is a photo, when I was only three years old and it shows me trying to make a long jump. My father achieved 'only' 2.15m, so I intend to bring his dreams as a jumper into reality, through my own performances." (IAAF, 29 Jan 2003)
Awards
She holds the national sports title of Honoured Master of Sport. (rusathletics.com, 08 Feb 2012)
General
BIRTHPLACE
Her documents state that she was born in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, but in fact, she was born in Belaya Kalitva in the Russian region of Rostov. Her mother moved to Yerevan to play basketball and to study, so she registered her newly born daughter there. (prosports.ru, 03 Jun 2010)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004
