Svetlana Babich
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Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Pavlovsk, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | July 17, 1947||||||||||||||
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Moskva oblast | ||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 1972 Summer Olympics: Women's Javelin throw – 8th 1976 Summer Olympics: Women's Javelin throw – 6th | ||||||||||||||
Personal best | 63.74 m (209 ft 1 in) (1976)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Svetlana Vladimirovna Babich (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Бабич, née Королёва, Korolyova; born July 17, 1947) is a retired female javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union twice at the Summer Olympics: 1972 and 1976. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's javelin throw event at the 1973 Summer Universiade.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Svetlana Korolyova-Babich". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008.
- ^ "Russians sweep gold medals". The Rock Hill Herald. 17 August 1973. p. 7. Retrieved 11 November 2010.