Svetlana Zhurova
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| Born | 7 January 1972 Pavlov-on-the-Neva, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Svetlana Sergeyevna Zhurova (Russian: Светла́на Серге́евна Жу́рова; born 7 January 1972) is a speed skater from Russia. Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. [1]
Career
Zhurova has been competing internationally since 1989,[2] took part in four Olympics, but did not win her first Olympic medal until her fourth Olympics, winning Olympic gold in Turin in 2006, two years after mothering a child. She also became Sprint World Champion in 2006. After her sporting career she became a politician and became Vice Speaker of the fifth State Duma.
References
External links
- Svetlana Zhurova at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Svetlana Zhurova at SkateResults.com
- Svetlana Zhurova's athlete profile at cnnsi.com
- Photos of Svetlana Zhurova – At Lars Hagen's DESG Photo website
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Olympic speed skaters of Russia
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Members of the State Duma (Russian Federation)
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
- Russian female speed skaters
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Russian sportsperson-politicians
- Winter Olympic medalist stubs
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- Russian speed skating biography stubs