Svetlana Grankovskaya (also spelt ''Svetlana Grankovskaia'', born 22 February 1976) is a Ukrainian track

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from

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, and four times world champion. Despite being born in

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, independent since 1991, she has represented

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and

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events. She missed a bronze medal at the

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, losing the sprint in the final against

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Palmarès

;2001 :1st Sprint, Track World Championships ;2002 :2nd Sprint, 2002 Track World Cup, Monterrey :3rd Keirin, 2002 Track World Cup, Monterrey :2nd Sprint, 2002 Track World Cup, Moscow ;2003 :1st Sprint, Track World Championships :1st Keirin, Track World Championships ;2004 :1st Sprint, Track World Championships :1st Sprint, 2004 Track World Cup, Moscow :1st Team Sprint, 2004 Track World Cup, Moscow (with Oksana Grichina) :4th

;2008 :3rd Team Sprint, Round 1, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Manchester

References

1976 births Living people Russian female cyclists Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Russia Cyclists from Kharkiv UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Russian track cyclists 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-cycling-bio-stub