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Full name | Svetlana Grankovskaya | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | 22 February 1976||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Svetlana Grankovskaya (also spelt Svetlana Grankovskaia, born 22 February 1976) [1] is a Ukrainian track racing cyclist from Kharkiv, and four times world champion. Despite being born in Ukraine, independent since 1991, she has represented Russia at world championships, Summer Olympics and World Cup events. [2]
She missed a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics, losing the sprint in the final against Anna Meares of Australia.
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