Svetlana Aronovna Gundarenko

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Svetlana Aronowna Gundarenko or Svetlana Arnowna Gundarenko ( Russian Светлана Арновна Гундаренко ; born June 23, 1969 in Chelyabinsk ) is a former Soviet judoka who started for Russia in 1993 . She competed in the heavyweight division, in 1992 and 1995 she was European champion.

Athletic career

Gundarenko finished fifth at the World Championships in 1989 and at the European Championships in 1990. 1991 at the European Championships in Prague, she was defeated in the quarterfinals of the German Claudia Weber . With three wins in the Hope Round, Gundarenko secured a bronze medal.

In 1992 there was no longer a Soviet team, but the United Team representing the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). At the European Championships in Paris, she defeated the French Christine Cicot in the quarterfinals and the Polish Renata Szał in the semifinals . In the final she beat Claudia Weber and was European champion. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​women's judo competitions were on the program for the first time. Gundarenko first defeated Heba Hefny from Egypt and then Monique van der Lee from the Netherlands . In the quarterfinals, she lost to French Nathalie Lupino after 55 seconds . After an Ippon win in the hope round against Nilmari Santini from Puerto Rico and a narrow defeat against Beata Maksymow from Poland, Gundarenko finished in seventh place. At the end of 1992 she won the first of a total of six Russian championship titles.

At the European Championships in Athens in 1993, Gundarenko lost to the Dutch Monique van der Lee in the final. At the 1993 World Championships in Hamilton, Canada, she competed in both heavyweight and open classes. In the semi-finals of the heavyweight division she was defeated by the German Johanna Hagn , but then won a bronze medal by defeating the Pole Beata Maksymow. In the open class, the 1.90 m tall Gundarenko was already defeated by a Chinese in the round of 16 and ultimately finished fifth. At the European Championships in 1994 Gundarenko lost in the semifinals to the Polish Maksymow and won a bronze medal by defeating the British Josephine Horton . In the following year at the European Championships in Birmingham in 1995 , she defeated the German Johanna Hagn in the semi-finals and after her final victory over the French Christine Cicot, she won gold at the European Championships for the second time since 1992. In Chiba at the 1995 World Championships , she finished fifth in the heavyweight division after losing to Chinese Zhang Ying and South Korean Son Hyeon-mi .

In the 1996 Olympic year, Gundarenko was defeated in the quarter-finals at the European Championships in The Hague of the German Johanna Hagn, with wins over Beata Maksymow and the Yugoslav Mara Kovačević , Gundarenko secured a bronze medal. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Gundarenko defeated the Brazilian Edinanci Silva in the round of 16 and the Hungarian Éva Gránitz in the quarter-finals . In the semifinals she was defeated by the Chinese Sun Fuming . After her three fights had gone on for the full time by then, she lost the fight for bronze against Christine Cicot by Ippon after 2:37 minutes. At the European Championships in 1998 and at the World Championships in 1999 , Gundarenko still finished fifth. After that, her international career in judo ended.

Gundarenko played a total of eight fights as a mixed martial arts fighter in 1995 and 2000/2001 , of which she won six.

Russian championship title

In total, Gundarenko won six Russian championship titles.

  • Heavyweight: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998
  • Open class: 1995

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Aronovna (Aronovna in English transcription) is used in the SportsReference Olympic database.
  2. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV.Soul 1988 - Atlanta 1996 . Sportverlag Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 429
  4. ↑ According to the results would Gundarenko against Zhang Ying have lost, according to fight balance it was the middleweight activist Zhang Di .
  5. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV.Soul 1988 - Atlanta 1996 . Sportverlag Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 762
  6. ↑ fight record on sherdog.com
  7. ↑ Career overview on judoinside.com
personal data
SURNAME Gundarenko, Svetlana Aronovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Гундаренко, Светлана Арновна (Russian); Gundarenko, Svetlana Arnovna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Chelyabinsk