Rachel Yurkovich (born October 10, 1986) is an American javelin thrower.

[1] She placed 11th in the finals of the javelin throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics.

Yurkovich place fourth in the 2012 U.S. Olympic trials with a distance of 56.85 meters, but qualified because she had previously achieved the Olympic A standard while third-place finisher Kimberley Hamilton had not.

[5] Yurkovich had exceeded the A standard by three inches at an April meet in France.

[7] Yurkovich is married to a former Danish pole vaulter, Piotr Buciarski, who also competed for the University of Oregon.