Date of Birth: 
Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia
About Olga Jarkova
- Olga Nikolayevna Jarkova (Russian: Ó???? ??????´???? ?????´??; born January 11, 1979 in Moscow, USSR) is a Russian curler. 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. She has represented Russia twice at the Winter Olympics, in 2002 and 2006.
Read more at Wikipedia