Svetlana Gnezdilov (born 20 July 1969) is a retired Ukrainian-born

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

i athlete who specialized in the

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and the

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. She was a

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citizen until 1996 when she emigrated to Israel. In the short hurdles distances (100 and 60 metres) she competed at the 1999 World Championships, the 2001 World Indoor Championships, the 2001 World Championships and the 2002 European Championships without reaching the final. She then switched to the heptathlon, where she finished fifteenth at the 2002 European Championships and 26th at the 2006 European Championships. She did not finish the competition at the 2003 World Championships. At the 2003 World Championships she also competed in the

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. At the 2006 European Championships she also competed in the long jump. Her personal best times were 8.28 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles, achieved at the 2001 World Indoor Championships in

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; and 13.04 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles, achieved in June 2001 in

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. She has 6031 points in the heptathlon, achieved in August 2003 in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

; and 6.46 metres in the long jump, achieved in July 2004 in Tel Aviv. In June 2020 Svetlana was charged with trafficking women to Israel and keeping them in 3 apartments where they served as sex slaves. Trial pending

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gnezdilov, Svetlana 1969 births Living people Israeli heptathletes Israeli female long jumpers Israeli female hurdlers Ukrainian emigrants to Israel

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