Nationality: | Russian |
Birth Date: | 17 July 1947 |
Birth Place: | Pavlovsk, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Height: | 169cm (67inches) |
Weight: | 69kg (152lb) |
Country: | Soviet Union |
Sport: | Javelin throw |
Club: | Dynamo Moskva oblast |
Olympics: | 1972 Summer Olympics Women's Javelin throw - 8th |
Pb: | 63.74m (209.12feet) (1976)[1] |
Show-Medals: | Y |
Svetlana Vladimirovna Babich (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Бабич, née Russian: Королёва, Korolyova; born July 17, 1947) is a retired female javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union twice at the Summer Olympics: 1972 and 1976. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's javelin throw event at the 1973 Summer Universiade.[2]