Svetlana Zhurova



Svetlana Sergeyevna Zhurova (Russian: Жу́рова Светла́на Серге́евна; born January 7, 1972 in Pavlov-on-the-Neva) is a speed skater from Russia. ==Career[edit] == Zhurova has been competing internationally since 1989,[1 ] took part in four Olympics, but did not win her first Olympic medal until her fourth Olympics, winning Olympic gold in Turin in 2006, two years after mothering a child. She also became Sprint World Champion in 2006. After her sporting career she became a politician and became Vice Speaker of the fifth State Duma.