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Svetlana Babanina

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Sport
  
Swimming

Height
  
1.73 m

Role
  
Olympic athlete


Name
  
Svetlana Babanina

Club
  
Spartak Toshkent

Weight
  
62 kg

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Born
  
4 February 1943 (age 81) (
1943-02-04
)
Tambov, Russia

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke

Svetlana Viktorovna Babanina (Russian: Светлана Викторовна Бабанина; born 4 February 1943) is a retired Soviet swimmer who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1964, she won bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and 200 m individual breaststroke, whereas in 1968 she finished in seventh and sixth place in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, respectively. Babanina won the 200 m event at the 1965 Universiade; she competed at the European Championships in 1962 and 1966, but did not medal. Domestically she won five titles: in the 400 m individual medley (1962 and 1963), 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (1963) and 100 m and 200 m breaststroke (1964). In 1964–1965 she set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke (1:17.2 in 1964 and 1:16.5 in 1965).

Personal bests:

  • 100 m breaststroke – 1:16.5 (1965)
  • 200 m breaststroke – 2:47.2 (1964)
  • 400 m individual medley – 5:40.5 (1965).
  • References

    Svetlana Babanina Wikipedia