Education
Moscow State University. Volgograd State Academy of Physical Culture.
Moscow State University. Volgograd State Academy of Physical Culture.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Salakhova finished ninth in the K-1 500 m event. In the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, she finished nineteenth. However, she was also part of the Russian K-4 500 m team that finished in seventh.