Svetlana Grankovskaya (also spelt ''Svetlana Grankovskaia'', born 22 February 1976)
is a
Ukrainian
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track
racing cyclist
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from
Kharkiv
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, independent since 1991, she has represented
Russia
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at
world championships
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,
Summer Olympics and
World Cup
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events.
She missed a bronze medal at the
2004 Summer Olympics, losing the sprint in the final against
Anna Meares of
Australia.
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
Summer Olympics
;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
Sportspeople from Kharkiv
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
Russian track cyclists
21st-century Russian women
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