Svetlana Zhurova
Svetlana Sergeyevna Zhurova is a speed skater from Russia. Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.Career
Zhurova has been competing internationally since 1989, 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.On December 19, 2014, Zhurova was placed on the Canadian sanctions list for the Ukrainian crisis.
