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Svetlana Zhurova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Светлана Журова | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of theState Duma forLeningrad Oblast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 12 October 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Vladimir Drachev | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Vsevolozhsk (No. 111) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of the State Duma (Party List Seat) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 6 March 2013 – 12 October 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Ramazan Abdulatipov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 24 December 2007 – 21 December 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1972-01-07)7 January 1972 (age 53) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | United Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 sons (1 deceased) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Russian State Academy of Physical Education (M.Ed.) RANEPA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sports career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Svetlana Sergeyevna Zhurova (Russian:Светла́на Серге́евна Жу́рова; born 7 January 1972) is aspeed skater fromRussia and a deputy at theState Duma of the Russian Federation.[1]
Zhurova has been competing internationally since 1989,[2] took part in four Olympics, but did not win her first Olympic medal until her fourth Olympics, winning Olympic gold inTurin in 2006, two years after giving birth to a child. She also becameSprint World Champion in 2006. After her sporting career she became a politician and became Vice Speaker of the fifth State Duma as part of the rulingUnited Russia party.[3]
On December 9, 2014, Zhurova was sanctioned by theUnited Kingdom after she voted in favor of a bill making theRepublic of Crimea afederal subject of Russia earlier that year.[4] Ten days later, Zhurova was placed on the Canadiansanctions list for the Russo-Ukrainian war.[5]
In 2023, she criticized theCanadian Olympic Committee after its CEO David Shoemaker proposed a requirement that Russian athletes must denounce theRussian invasion of Ukraine before they can compete in Olympic events:[6][7]
This is not surprising, as the Ukrainian diaspora has a very large influence in Canada. Therefore, Canadians will be the last after Ukraine to recognize Russian athletes at the Olympics. They are asking our athletes to refuse to support their native country, which raised them as athletes. Our state has a very great influence on the development of sports, and in the West there is no such support. They want to destroy the interaction between the state and sports in our country, which our ancestors built over the years.
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