Svetlana Grankovskaya
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| Full name | Svetlana Grankovskaya | ||||||||||||||||||
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22 February 1976 Russia | ||||||||||||||||||
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Svetlana Grankovskaya (also spelt Svetlana Grankovskaia, born 22 February 1976)[1] is an Ukrainian track racing cyclist from Kharkiv, and four times world champion. Despite being born in Ukraine, independent since 1991, she has represented Russia at world championships, Summer Olympics and World Cup events.[2]
She missed a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing the sprint in the final against Anna Meares of Australia.
Palmarès
- 2001
- 1st Sprint, Track World Championships
- 2002
- 2nd Sprint, 2002 Track World Cup, Monterrey
- 3rd Keirin, 2002 Track World Cup, Monterrey
- 2nd Sprint, 2002 Track World Cup, Moscow
- 2003
- 1st Sprint, Track World Championships
- 1st Keirin, Track World Championships
- 2004
- 1st Sprint, Track World Championships
- 1st Sprint, 2004 Track World Cup, Moscow
- 1st Team Sprint, 2004 Track World Cup, Moscow (with Oksana Grichina)
- 4th Summer Olympics
- 2008
- 3rd Team Sprint, Round 1, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Manchester
References
- ↑ "Athlete Biography - GRANKOWSKAJA Swetlana". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 2008-09-15.
- ↑ Svetlana Grankovskaya profile at Cycling Archives
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