Svetlana Feofanova

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Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver 2004 Athens Pole Vault
World Championships
Silver 2001 Edmonton Pole Vault
Gold 2003 Paris Pole Vault
European Championships
Gold 2002 Munich Pole Vault
Gold 2007 Birmingham (Indoor) Pole Vault

Svetlana Yevgenyevna Feofanova (Russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Феофанова; born 16 July 1980 in Moscow) is a Russian pole vaulter. She won the silver medal in women's pole vaulting at the 2004 Summer Olympics behind compatriot Yelena Isinbayeva. Feofanova also was a Russian gymnast and was included to Russian national team on 1996 Summer Olympics but didn't became a good athlete in this sport.

On July 4, 2004 she jumped 4,88 m in Heraklion, Greece, which was world record at the time.

She made 8 World Records on Pole Vault until now. In the World Athletics Championships, she was the second in 2001 and the first in 2003. She won also the World Indoor Championships in 2003, and she was the third in 2004.

She finished 4th at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.

She won the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships gold medal for the Pole Vault in Birmingham, Great Britain, with a height of 4.76 metres. Her main rival Yelena Isinbayeva did not take part in these Championships.

See also: World Record progression Pole Vault women

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World champions in women's pole vault
Outdoor
1999: Flag of United States Stacy Dragila | 2001: Flag of United States Stacy Dragila | 2003: Flag of Russia Svetlana Feofanova | 2005: Flag of Russia Yelena Isinbayeva
Indoor
1997: Flag of United States Stacy Dragila | 1999: Flag of Germany Nastja Ryshich | 2001: Flag of Czech Republic Pavla Hamáčková | 2003: Flag of Russia Svetlana Feofanova | 2004: Flag of Russia Yelena Isinbayeva | 2006: Flag of Russia Yelena Isinbayeva