Svetlana Zhurova

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Olympic medal record
Women's Speed skating
Gold 2006 Turin 500 m

Svetlana Sergeyevna Zhurova (Russian: Светла́на Серге́евна Жу́рова) (born 1 July 1972 in Pavlov-on-the-Neva) is a Russian speed skater.

Svetlana Zhurova has been competing internationally since 1989 [1], 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.

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Olympic champions in women's 500 m speed skating
1960: Helga Haase  | 1964: Lidia Skoblikova | 1968: Lyudmila Titova | 1972: Anne Henning | 1976: Sheila Young | 1980: Karin Enke | 1984: Christa Rothenburger | 1988: Bonnie Blair | 1992: Bonnie Blair | 1994: Bonnie Blair | 1998: Catriona LeMay Doan | 2002: Catriona LeMay Doan | 2006: Svetlana Zhurova 


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