Svetlana Feofanova
Svetlana Feofanova in 2011 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 July 1980 |
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Russia |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole Vault |
| Club | Dynamo Moscow |
Medal record | |
| Updated on 6 August 2012 | |
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Feofanova (Russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Феофанова; born 16 July 1980) is a Russian pole vaulter.
Svetlana Feofanova was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. She has studied at the Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Feofanova was a gymnast in her youth but did not continue competing in the sport.
In the World Athletics Championships, she was second in 2001 and first in 2003. She also won the World Indoor Championships in 2003, and she was third in 2004. She finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. On 4 July 2004 she pole vaulted 4.88 m (16.0 ft) in Heraklion, Greece, which was a world record at the time.
She won the silver medal in women's pole vaulting at the 2004 Summer Olympics (behind compatriot Yelena Isinbayeva). She won the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships gold medal for the pole vault in Birmingham, England, at 4.76 m (15.6 ft). She won the bronze in the 2008 Summer Olympics.