Svetlana Babich Explained

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
1976 Summer Olympics: Women's Javelin throw  - 6th

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Svetlana Korolyova-Babich . sports-reference.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20080819005018/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/svetlana-koroleva-babich-1.html . 19 August 2008 . dead .
  2. News: Russians sweep gold medals. 17 August 1973. The Rock Hill Herald. 7. 11 November 2010.