Svetlana Yevgenyevna Feofanova (; born 16 July 1980) is a Russian pole vaulter.
Svetlana Feofanova was born in Moscow, Soviet Union. She has studied at the Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation. Feofanova was a gymnast in her youth but did not continue competing in the sport.
In the World Athletics Championships, she was second in 2001 and first in 2003. She also won the World Indoor Championships in 2003, and she was third in 2004. She finished fourth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. On 4 July 2004 she pole vaulted in Heraklion, Greece, which was a world record at the time.
She won the silver medal in women's pole vaulting at the 2004 Summer Olympics (behind compatriot Yelena Isinbayeva). She won the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships gold medal for the pole vault in Birmingham, England, at . She won the bronze in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Personal bests Pole Vault (outdoors) = , July 2004 — tenth on the all-time list Pole Vault (indoors) = , February 2004 — ninth on the indoor all-time list
National titles 6 times Russian National Outdoor Pole Vault Champion: 2001, '06, '07, '08, '11, '12 4 times Russian National Indoor Pole Vault Champion: 2001, '06, '08, '10
International competitions 2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia —NM (q)2001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal 2nd4.51World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada 2nd4.752002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria 1st4.75European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany 1st4.602003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom 1st4.80World ChampionshipsParis, France 1st4.752004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 3rd4.70Olympic GamesAthens, Greece 2nd4.752006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia 3rd4.70European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden4th4.502007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom 1st4.76World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan 3rd4.752008World Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain5th4.60Olympic GamesBeijing, China 3rd4.752010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar 2nd4.80European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain 1st4.75Continental CupSplit, Croatia 1st4.602011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea 3rd4.752012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom —NM (q) NM = No Mark (no-height) At both the 2000 and 2012 Olympics, Feofanova went out of the qualifying competition without clearing a height. In Sydney, she had three failures at , while in London she failed twice at and on her final attempt, failed at .
See also List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women) List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women) List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women) List of pole vault national champions (women) List of people from Moscow Pole vault at the Olympics
References
Svetlana Feofanova at trackfield.brinkster.net