Svetlana Gladysheva

Svetlana Gladysheva

Gladysheva in 2008
Personal information
Born	13 September 1971 (1971-09-13) (age 50) Ufa, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Sport	Alpine skiing
Club	Sukolovo Moscow
Medal record Representing  Russia Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer Super G World Championships Representing  Soviet Union 1991 Saalbach Downhill

Svetlana Alekseyevna Gladysheva (Russian: Светлана Алексеевна Гладышева, born 13 September 1971) is a retired Russian alpine skier. In her early career she had her best results in the downhill, becoming the junior world champion in 1990, and finishing third at the seniors world championships in 1991 and at the world cups in 1991 and 1992. Later she was more successful in super-G competitions, winning a world cup in 1996,^[1] and an Olympic silver medal in 1994. She also competed at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Olympics in the downhill and super-G events and finished fifth in 1998 and eighth in 1992 in the downhill. Gladysheva retired from competitions in 1998, and in 2010 became president of the Russian Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding Federation.^[2]

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