Svetlana Feofanova

Svetlana Yevgenyevna Feofanova (Russian: Светлана Евгеньевна Феофанова; born 16 July 1980) is a Russian pole vaulter.

Svetlana Feofanova

Svetlana Feofanova in 2011
Personal information
Born	(1980-07-16) July 16, 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	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 Lissabon 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.

Early life and education

Svetlana Feofanova was born in Moscow, Soviet Union.

She has studied at the Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

Athletic career

Feofanova was a gymnast 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 4th 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.

Achievements

Personal bests

• Pole Vault (outdoors) = 4.88 m (16.0 ft), July 2004 — third on the all-time list
• Pole Vault (indoors) = 4.85 m (15.9 ft), February 2004 — fourth on the indoor all-time list
• 6 times Russian National Outdoor Pole Vault Champion: 2001, '06, '07, '08, '11, '12
• 4 times Russian National Indoor Pole Vault Champion: 2001, '06, '08, '10

All results regarding Pole Vault

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	—	NM (q)
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	2nd	4.51 m (14.8 ft)
	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	2nd	4.75 m (15.6 ft)
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	1st	4.75 m (15.6 ft)
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	1st	4.60 m (15.1 ft)
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	1st	4.80 m (15.7 ft)
	World Championships	Paris, France	1st	4.75 m (15.6 ft)
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	4.70 m (15.4 ft)
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	2nd	4.75 m (15.6 ft)
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	4.70 m (15.4 ft)
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	4.50 m (14.8 ft)
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, England	1st	4.76 m (15.6 ft)
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	3rd	4.75 m (15.6 ft)
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	5th	4.60 m (15.1 ft)
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	3rd	4.75 m (15.6 ft)
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	4.80 m (15.7 ft)
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	1st	4.75 m (15.6 ft)
	Continental Cup	Split, Croatia	1st	4.60 m (15.1 ft)
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	4.75 m (15.6 ft)
2012	Olympic Games	London, England	—	NM (q)

• NM = No Mark (no-height)
• At both the 2000 and 2012 Olympics, Feofanova went out of the qualifying competition without clearing a height. In Sydney, she had three failures at 4.15 m (13.6 ft), while in London she failed twice at 4.40 m (14.4 ft) and on her final attempt, failed at 4.50 m (14.8 ft).

References

• Svetlana Feofanova at World Athletics
• Svetlana Feofanova at trackfield.brinkster.net

Records
Preceded by Yelena Isinbayeva	Women's Pole Vault World Record Holder 22 February 2004 – 6 March 2004	Succeeded by Yelena Isinbayeva
Preceded by Yelena Isinbayeva	Women's Pole Vault World Record Holder 4 July 2004 – 25 July 2004	Succeeded by Yelena Isinbayeva