Svetlana Varganova (born 19 November 1964) is a Russian former swimmer who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics. Throughout her athletic career, Svetlana Varganova participated in two major international competitions, namely the 1980 Olympics and the 1982 World Championships. At the Olympics, she won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke event, while at the 1982 Worlds, she achieved a gold medal in the same event, as well as a bronze medal in the medley relay. In addition, Varganova broke a world record for the 200m breaststroke, recording a time of 2:31.09 in 1979. In national competitions, she won a single Soviet title for the 100 breaststroke in 1982, and also secured two silver medals (1982–83) and two bronze medals (1979, 1981) for the 200 breaststroke event at the Soviet championships. Following the conclusion of her competitive career, Varganova worked as a swimming coach in her hometown of Leningrad, which is now known as St. Petersburg. She was arrested in an extensive drug bust conducted by Narcotics Control Bureau of Government of India in Goa, India in April 2023.

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1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Russian female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Soviet female breaststroke swimmers {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub