Russian pole vaulter (born 1980)
Svetlana Feofanova Svetlana Feofanova in 2011Personal information Born (1980-07-16) 16 July 1980 (age 44)Moscow , Soviet Union 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 the second in 2001 and the first in 2003. She won also the World Indoor Championships in 2003, and she was the 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 .
Personal bests
Pole Vault (outdoors) = 4.88 m (16.0 ft), July 2004 — tenth on the all-time list
Pole Vault (indoors) = 4.85 m (15.9 ft), February 2004 — ninth on the indoor all-time list
National titles
International competitions
Representing Russia
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Result
Notes
2000
Olympic Games
Sydney , Australia
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NM (q)
2001
World Indoor Championships
Lisbon , Portugal
2nd
4.51
World Championships
Edmonton , Canada
2nd
4.75
2002
European Indoor Championships
Vienna , Austria
1st
4.75
European Championships
Munich , Germany
1st
4.60
2003
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham , United Kingdom
1st
4.80
World Championships
Paris , France
1st
4.75
2004
World Indoor Championships
Budapest , Hungary
3rd
4.70
Olympic Games
Athens , Greece
2nd
4.75
2006
World Indoor Championships
Moscow , Russia
3rd
4.70
European Championships
Gothenburg , Sweden
4th
4.50
2007
European Indoor Championships
Birmingham , United Kingdom
1st
4.76
World Championships
Osaka , Japan
3rd
4.75
2008
World Indoor Championships
Valencia , Spain
5th
4.60
Olympic Games
Beijing , China
3rd
4.75
2010
World Indoor Championships
Doha , Qatar
2nd
4.80
European Championships
Barcelona , Spain
1st
4.75
Continental Cup
Split , Croatia
1st
4.60
2011
World Championships
Daegu , South Korea
3rd
4.75
2012
Olympic Games
London , United Kingdom
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NM (q)
NM = No Mark (no-height)
At both the 2000 and 2012 Olympics, Feofanova went out of the qualifying competition without clearing a height. In Sydney, she had three failures at 4.15 m (13.6 ft), while in London she failed twice at 4.40 m (14.4 ft) and on her final attempt, failed at 4.50 m (14.8 ft).
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