Svetlana Feofanova

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Svetlana Feofanova

Svetlana Feofanova in 2011
Personal information
Born	(1980-07-16) 16 July 1980 (age 44) Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole Vault
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Medal record Olympic Games 2004 Athens Pole vault 2008 Beijing Pole vault World Championships 2003 Paris Pole vault 2001 Edmonton Pole vault 2007 Osaka Pole vault 2011 Daegu Pole vault World Indoor Championships 2003 Birmingham Pole vault 2001 Lisbon Pole vault 2010 Doha Pole vault 2004 Budapest Pole vault 2006 Moscow Pole vault European Championships 2002 Munich Pole vault 2010 Barcelona Pole vault
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.