The participant of the 2000 Sidney Summer Olympics, the silver medalist at the 1997 European Athletics U23 Championships, the Ukrainian champion.

In addition, his technical progress in certain multisport discipline was influenced by his mentor Yurii Horbachenko (long jump).

For example, the year of working with Yuliya Akulenko led to her qualification for the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics, where she finished twenty-third.

Following his success in this position, Oleksandr Yurkov was appointed head coach of the representative national multisport team of Ukraine.

The highest results achieved by his trainees: Athletics in Moscow; In addition, Iurkov contributed to the career development of Alina Shukh, the world record holder among juniors.