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Biography

During her career Svetlana Pechorskaya won seven World Championships, her only individual title coming at 15 km in 1990. She also won both the relay race and team event in 1989-91, winning silvers in the 7.5 km in 1990-91 and bronze in the 1989 15 km. Her only Olympic medal, a silver in the 15 km, came at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where she was also 13th in 7.5 km. Pechorskaya also won the World Cup in 1990-91.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1992 Winter Olympics Biathlon EUN RUS Svetlana Pechorskaya
7.5 kilometres Sprint, Women (Olympic) 13
15 kilometres, Women (Olympic) 2 Silver

Special Notes

  • Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Biathlon Championships (7–3–1 1989 Feistritz an der Drau gold: 3×7.5 km relay and team, bronze: 15 km (competed as Svetlana Davydova for the Soviet Union); 1990 Minsk/Oslo/Kontiolahti gold: 15 km, 3×7.5 km relay, and team, silver: 7.5 km sprint (competed as Svetlana Davydova for the Soviet Union); 1991 Lahti gold: 3×7.5 km relay and team, silver: 7.5 km sprint (competed as Svetlana Davydova for the Soviet Union); 1992 Novosibirsk silver: team (competed for the Commonwealth of Independent States))