Svetlana Feofanova
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| Medal record | |||
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 Svetlana Feofanova |
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| Women's Athletics | |||
Competitor for  Russia |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 2004 Athens | Pole vault | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2003 Paris | Pole vault | |
| Silver | 2001 Edmonton | Pole vault | |
| Bronze | 2007 Osaka | Pole vault | |
| World Indoor Championships | |||
| Gold | 2003 Birmingham | Pole vault | |
| Silver | 2001 Lissabon | Pole vault | |
| Bronze | 2006 Moscow | Pole vault | |
| Bronze | 2004 Budapest | Pole vault | |
| European Championships | |||
| Gold | 2002 Munich | Pole vault | |
| European Indoor Championships | |||
| Gold | 2007 Birmingham | Pole vault | |
| Gold | 2002 Vienna | 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 in the Russian national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics but didn't continue as a gymnast.
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.
[edit] External links
- IAAF profile for Svetlana Feofanova
| Records | ||
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| Preceded by Yelena Isinbayeva |
Women's Pole Vault World Record Holder February 22, 2004 – March 6, 2004 |
Succeeded by Yelena Isinbayeva |
| Preceded by Yelena Isinbayeva |
Women's Pole Vault World Record Holder July 4, 2004 – July 25, 2004 |
Succeeded by Yelena Isinbayeva |
| Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by Stacy Dragila |
Women's Pole Vault Best Year Performance 2002 |
Succeeded by Yelena Isinbayeva |
| World champions in women's pole vault |
| Outdoor Stacy Dragila (1999, 2001) • Svetlana Feofanova (2003) • Yelena Isinbayeva (2005, 2007) |
| Indoor Stacy Dragila (1997) • Nastja Ryshich (1999) • Pavla Hamáčková (2001) • Svetlana Feofanova (2003) • Yelena Isinbayeva (2004, 2006, 2008) |
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