Svetlana Babich
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Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||
Born | Pavlovsk, Altai Krai | July 17, 1947|||||||||||||
Height | 169 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||
Country | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||
Sport | Javelin throw | |||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Moskva oblast | |||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||
Olympic finals | 1972 Summer Olympics: Women's Javelin throw – 8th 1976 Summer Olympics: Women's Javelin throw – 6th | |||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 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[]
- ^ "Svetlana Korolyova-Babich". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010.
- ^ "Russians sweep gold medals". The Rock Hill Herald. 17 August 1973. p. 7. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
Categories:
- 1947 births
- Living people
- People from Pavlovsky District, Altai Krai
- Russian female javelin throwers
- Soviet female javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade
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- Russian athletics biography stubs