Svetlana Stepanovna Semyonova

Svetlana Stepanowna Semjonowa ( Russian Светлана Степановна Семёнова ; born May 11, 1958 in Pskow ) is a former Soviet rower . She won three world titles and an Olympic bronze medal.

Athletic career

The 1.79 m tall rower from Spartak Pskov won her first title at the 1979 World Championships in Bled . In the line-up of Valentina Semenowa , Svetlana Semjonowa, Galina Stepanowa , Marija Fadejewa and helmsman Nina Tscheremissina , the Soviet four-man with helmswoman in front of the boats from the GDR and Romania won.

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , the four was replaced. Marija Fadejewa, Galina Sowetnikowa , Marina Studnewa , Svetlana Semjonowa and taxwoman Nina Tscheremissina took third place in front of the home crowd behind the four from the GDR and Bulgaria. The following year Studnewa, Semjonowa and Tscheremissina competed with Olha Pywowarowa and Raissa Doligaida , the Soviet four-man won the title at the World Championships in Munich in front of the boats from the GDR and the United States. The following year the Soviet four consisted of Svetlana Semjonowa, Valentina Semenova, Galina Stepanova, Larissa Sawarsina and Nina Tscheremissina, at the World Championships in Lucerne the Soviet boat won ahead of the four from the USA and Romania.

In the line-up of Feodosia Kaleinikowa , Walentina Semenowa, Swetlana Semjonowa, Angelina Kaolikauskaite and Nina Tscheremissina, the Soviet foursome took third place behind GDR and Romania at the 1983 World Championships . In 1984 the rowers from the Soviet Union did not take part in the Olympic rowing competitions in Los Angeles because of the Olympic boycott of the Eastern Bloc countries . At the 1985 World Championships , Marina Studnewa and Svetlana Semjonowa started in a pair without a helmsman and finished in seventh place.

Web links

• Svetlana Stepanowna Semjonowa at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Svetlana Stepanowna Semjonowa in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )