Svetlana Sokolova

Svetlana Viktorovna Sokolova (Russian: Светлана Викторовна Соколова; born 9 January 1981 in Baku, Azerbaijan) is a retired athlete who competed internationally for Russia in the combined events. She represented her country in the heptathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens finishing tenth. She also won the silver medal at the 2001 Summer Universiade and was fifth at the 2002 European Championships.

Svetlana Sokolova

Personal information
Native name	Светла́на Ви́кторовна Соколо́ва
Citizenship	Russia
Born	(1981-01-09) January 9, 1981 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)

International competitions

Representing Russia

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Result	Notes
1998	World Youth Games	Moscow, Russia	1st	4 × 400 m relay	3:44.54
			1st	100 metres hurdles	13.42
			3rd	Long jump	6.17 m
	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	4th	Heptathlon	5711 pts
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd	Heptathlon	6179 pts
	Universiade	Beijing, China	2nd	Heptathlon	5985 pts
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	5th	Heptathlon	6150 pts
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th	Heptathlon	6210 pts

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 metres – 24.02 (+0.6 m/s) (Tula 2004)
• 800 metres – 2:07.23 (Tula 2004)
• 100 metres hurdles – 13.56 (+1.1 m/s) (Tula 2004)
• High jump – 1.82 (Tula 2004)
• Long jump – 6.26 (+0.3 m/s) (Tula 2004)
• Shot put – 15.09 (Tula 2004)
• Javelin throw – 47.86 (Athens 2004)
• Heptathlon – 6591 (Tula 2004)

Indoor

• 800 metres – 2:18.75 (Moscow 2006)
• 60 metres hurdles – 8.48 (Moscow 2006)
• High jump – 1.73 (Moscow 2006)
• Long jump – 6.36 (Moscow 2001)
• Shot put – 14.31 (Moscow 2006)
• Pentathlon – 4442 (Moscow 2006)