Svetlana Anatolievna Smirnova (Russian: Светлана Анатольевна Смирнова, born 16 August 1977) is a former Russian handball player, who won the World Championship in 2001.
Career Smirnova played her entire career for HC Kuban Krasnodar, where she is considered a club legend. She retired in 2013.
At the 1999 World Women's Handball Championship she was accused of doping with nandrolon, and was banned for 2 years until 4 December 2001. This meant that she was just ready to return for the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship in Italy. Here she won won gold medals with the Russian team.
She also represented Russia at the 1997 and 2003 World Women's Handball Championship.
References
External links
EHF Profile DhDB profile Profile on Handball Federation of Russia,