Svetlana Zhurova

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Russia Russia
Women's speed skating
Olympic Games
Gold 2006 Turin 500 m
World Championships
Gold 2006 Heerenveen Sprint

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 Le May Doan · 2002: Catriona Le May Doan · 2006: Svetlana Zhurova
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