About Svetlana Babanina
Born 1943. Svetlana Babanina is a Russian and Uzbek swimmer.
Svetlana Viktorovna Babanina (; 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 Γ 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 Γ 100 m freestyle relay and 100 m and 200 m breaststroke (1964). In 1964β1965 she set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke (1:17.2 in 1964 and 1:16.5 in 1965).
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Who is Svetlana Babanina?
Soviet swimmer
When was Svetlana Babanina born?
Svetlana Babanina was born on 4 February 1943 in Tambov.
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Svetlana Babanina is a swimmer.
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Svetlana Babanina is Russian and Uzbek.
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