Name Svetlana Zhurova Role Speed Skater | Height 1.76 m | |
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Olympic medals Speed Skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Women's 500m People also search for Nikolay Kruglov, Jr., Elena Berezhnaya, Wang Manli, Ren Hui | ||
Olympic Speed-Skating Champion Svetlana Zhurova on Intellectual Property and Sports
Svetlana Sergeyevna Zhurova (Russian: Светла́на Серге́евна Жу́рова; born 7 January 1972) is a speed skater from Russia. Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
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- Olympic Speed Skating Champion Svetlana Zhurova on Intellectual Property and Sports
- Speed Skating 199697 World Cup Ikaho Japan Ladies 500M 22
- Career
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Speed Skating 1996/97 World Cup Ikaho Japan Ladies 500M 2/2
Career
Zhurova has been competing internationally since 1989, 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. After her sporting career she became a politician and became Vice Speaker of the fifth State Duma.
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