 Radzivil on a 2011 postage stamp of Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1987-01-17) January 17, 1987 (age 37) Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Uzbekistan | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Svetlana Mikhaylovna Radzivil (Russian: Светлана Михайловна Радзивил; born 17 January 1987 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) is an Uzbekistani high jumper. She is among Asia's top female high jumpers. She won the Asian Games title three times running (2010 to 2018) and was the Asian champion in 2015. She has also won two silver and one bronze medal at the Asian Athletics Championships. She is a two-time champion at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships (2006 and 2014). She is a four-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021).
Career
She was born in Tashkent. She finished ninth at the 2003 World Youth Championships and thirteenth at the 2004 World Junior Championships. In 2006, she won the 2006 World Junior Championships, in a new personal best jump of 1.91 metres, and finished seventh at the 2006 Asian Games. She jumped 1.91 again in 2007. In 2008, she competed at the Olympic Games. She won the gold medal at the 17th Asian Games with a jump of 1.94 metres ahead of China's Xingjuan Zheng who claimed silver with her season's best jump of 1.92 m and Uzbekistan's Nadiya Dusanova who took home the bronze with a best leap of 1.89 m. She won gold medal in Asian Games 2018, with games record of 1.96 meters beating Nadiya Dusanova 1.94 m.
Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in August 2012 in London and in April 2021 in Mersin.
On December 22, 2019, Svetlana Radzivil was elected to the Tashkent City Kengash of People's Deputies.
International competitions
References
- ^ Svetlana Radzivil at World Athletics
. Retrieved on 4 April 2009.
- "Athletics - Women's High Jump | Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang". Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Palembang. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- "Халқ депутатлари Тошкент шаҳар Кенгаши депутатларини рўйхатга олиш тўғрисида". 2021-07-25. Archived from the original on 2021-07-25. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
External links
- Svetlana Radzivil at World Athletics
- Svetlana Radzivil at Diamond League
- Svetlana Radzivil at Olympics.com
- Svetlana Radzivil at Olympedia
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Uzbekistani female high jumpers
- Athletes from Tashkent
- Olympic athletes for Uzbekistan
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan
- Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Uzbekistan
- Radziwiłł family
- Soviet people of Polish descent
- Uzbekistani people of Polish descent
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Uzbekistani women
- 21st-century Uzbekistani sportswomen
- Asian Athletics Championships winners
- Asian Indoor Athletics Championships winners
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in athletics
- Recipients of Order of Friendship of Uzbekistan
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Uzbekistan