Svetlana Babanina

Svetlana Babanina

Svetlana Babanina in 1966
Personal information
Born	(1943-02-04) 4 February 1943 Tambov, Russia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Spartak Toshkent
Medal record Representing the Soviet Union Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 200 m breaststroke 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m medley Summer Universiade 1965 Budapest 200 m breaststroke 1965 Budapest 100 m freestyle

Svetlana Viktorovna Babanina (Russian: Светлана Викторовна Бабанина; born 4 February 1943) is a retired Soviet swimmer who competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. In 1964, she won bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and 200 m individual breaststroke, whereas in 1968 she finished in seventh and sixth place in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke, respectively. Babanina won the 200 m event at the 1965 Universiade; she competed at the European Championships in 1962 and 1966, but did not medal. Domestically she won five titles: in the 400 m individual medley (1962 and 1963), 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (1963) and 100 m and 200 m breaststroke (1964). In 1964–1965 she set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke (1:17.2 in 1964 and 1:16.5 in 1965).

Personal bests:

• 100 m breaststroke – 1:16.5 (1965)
• 200 m breaststroke – 2:47.2 (1964)
• 400 m individual medley – 5:40.5 (1965).