Svetlana Bubnenkova

Svetlana Bubnenkova

Personal information
Full name	Svetlana Yuryevna Bubnenkova-Stolbova
Nickname	Bouba
Born	(1973-01-02) January 2, 1973 (age 49)  Russia
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Major wins
UCI Road Team Time Trial (1993, 1994) Giro d'Italia Femminile (2002)

Svetlana Yuryevna Bubnenkova-Stolbova (Russian Светлана Юрьевна Бубненкова; born 2 January 1973 in Izhevsk, Udmurtia) is a racing cyclist from Russia. She represented her native country at three Summer Olympics: 1996, 2000 and 2004. Her biggest achievement was winning the 2002 Giro d'Italia Femminile. Bubnenkova twice won the world title in the women's team time trial (1993, 1994). She tested positive for the use of EPO in the Tour Féminin en Limousin 2006. In June 2007 she was suspended for two years by the French doping association. Later the UCI adopted this suspension, but due to miscommunications Bubnenkova continued to race in 2007. At the end of 2007 the UCI disqualified Bubnenkova in all races she started between June and September 2007.^[1]

Palmarès[]

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References[]

• Svetlana Bubnenkova at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Svetlana Bubnenkova at Cycling Archives