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{{Short description|Russian curler (born 1979)}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2010}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Olga Nikolayevna Jarkova<br/>{{Small|Ольга Николаевна Жаркова}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|01|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]
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| World Championship appearances = 7 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009)
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances = 1 (2009)
| European Championship appearances = 11 (1999-2009)
| Olympic appearances = 2 (2002, 2006)
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{{MedalSport | [[Curling]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{RUS}} | }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Winter Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2003 Winter Universiade|2003]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Curling Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2006 European Curling Championships|2006]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Curling Challenge}}
{{MedalSilver | 1999 | Team }}
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'''Olga Nikolayevna Jarkova''' ({{langx|ru|Óльга Никола́евна Жарко́ва}}; born January 11, 1979, in [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union|USSR]]) is a Russian [[curling|curler]]. She has represented Russia twice at the [[Winter Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]], in [[Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] and [[Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220355/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zh/olga-zharkova-1.html Olympic results]</ref>

==Career==
Jarkova has been curling for Russia internationally since 1999, when she threw fourth stones for [[Nina Golovtchenko]] at the World Junior Challenge where they won silver. She threw third stones that year at a disappointing last place finish in the [[World Junior Curling Championships]]. After this, she was back to throwing fourth stones. At the 2001 [[European Curling Championships]] she became skip of the Russian team. This move eventually paid off, as the team won the gold medal at the 2003 [[Universiade]]. They defeated [[Krista Scharf]] of [[Canada]] in the final. Jarkova remained as the Russian skip until 2005 when she was the team's alternate at the [[2005 World Women's Curling Championship]]. She was the second at the 2005 European Championships and third at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]]. Jarkova has been to two Olympics. She skipped the team in 2002, and placed last and in 2006 Russia placed fifth. She became European Champion in 2006 as part of [[Ludmila Privivkova]]'s team.

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Footer European Curling Champions (women)}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Russian female curlers]]
[[Category:Curlers at the 2006 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Curlers at the 2002 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic curlers for Russia]]
[[Category:Curlers from Moscow]]
[[Category:European curling champions]]
[[Category:Winter World University Games medalists in curling]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2003 Winter Universiade]]


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