Svetlana Ganina

Svetlana Ganina (born 11 July 1978) is a Russian table tennis player. Since 2002 she won several medals in double and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships.[1]

Svetlana Ganina
Personal information
Full nameGANINA Svetlana
Nationality Soviet Union  Russia
Born11.07.1978
Nizhny Novgorod
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing styledefensive
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Russia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Belgrade Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Belgrade Team
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Zagreb Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Courmayeur Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Aarhus Doubles

She was qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, scheduled to play in the first round of the singles competition, but she did not actually play. She competed in both singles and doubles in 2004.

She plays in a defensive style, with occasional attacking causing much trouble for her opponents. She uses long pimples on the backhand, though she frequently anticipates the placement of her opponent and flips her racket accordingly. She has won against many top players in the world, including Fukuhara Ai and Tamara Boros in the 2006 World Team Championships, and Tie Yana in a 2007 Pro Tour event.[2]

See also

References
  1. "ITTF_Database". Archived from the original on 2010-07-06.
  2. "ITTF Rankings". Archived from the original on 2007-05-14.


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