Tatyana Chernova is a Russian heptathlete born in 1988 in Krasnodar, Russia. She comes from a family of athletes, with her mother winning gold in the 1980 Olympics and her father a decathlete. Chernova won gold medals in the 2005 and 2006 World Youth Championships and bronze in the 2008 Olympics. She won gold at the 2011 World Championships and bronze at the 2012 Olympics.