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.
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.
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