She is also a former world record holder (pre IAAF) in the triple jump with 14.52 metres in 1989.

Born in Izmail, Ukrainian SSR, Chistyakova trained at Burevestnik in Moscow.

In 1988 she managed to win an Olympic bronze medal in Seoul as well as jumping 7.52 metres, the current world record for women.

She used to hold the Slovak triple jump record with 14.41 metres, achieved in July 1996 in London.

Married to retired triple jumper Aleksander Beskrovnyi, the couple now lives in Slovakia.