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Svetlana Mironova
	Mironova in 2017
Personal information
Native name	Светлана Игоревна Миронова
Nationality	Russian
Born	22 February 1994 (age 30); Moryakovskiy Zaton, Tomsk Oblast, Russia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Professional information
Sport	Biathlon
World Cup debut	2 March 2017
Olympic Games
Teams	1 (2022)
Medals	1
World Championships
Teams	3 (2019–2021)
World Cup
Seasons	5 (2016/17–)
Individual victories	0
All victories	2
Individual podiums	1
All podiums	4
Medal record
Women's biathlon
Representing ROC
Olympic Games
Representing Russia
Youth World Championships
Junior European Championships
	Updated on 24 January 2021

Svetlana Igorevna Mironova (Russian: Светлана Игоревна Миронова; born 22 February 1994) is a Russian biathlete.

Career

Mironova was engaged in cross-country skiing until 2011, when she decided to switch competing in biathlon.

At the 2013 Junior World Championships in Obertilliach, she became the relay champion alongside teammates Victoria Slivko and Uliana Kaisheva. In the same championship, she won bronze in the sprint, was 11th in the pursuit and 24th in the individual race. In 2014, at the U21 European Championships, she took second place in the sprint and became the champion in the pursuit.

Mironova made her World Cup debut in the 2016-17 season in Pyeongchang, finishing 64th in the sprint held on 2 March 2017.^[1]

In the 2017-18 season, Mironova took part in seven out of nine stages. Her best result was 9th in the Hochfilzen sprint.^[2] By the end of the season, she was named rookie of the year by the International Biathlon Union.^[3]

Svetlana competed in the 2019 Biathlon World Championships in Östersund, finishing 31st in the sprint, 25th in the pursuit and 33rd in the individual race.

Mironova made to her first World Cup podium at 13 December 2019 in the sprint race in Hochfilzen.^[4] She also finished 2nd at the same stage in the women's relay.

On 10 January 2021, Mironova played an instrumental part in the Russian mixed relay gold medal (alongside Uliana Kaisheva, Alexander Loginov and Eduard Latypov) at the World Cup in Oberhof, ending the anti-record 43-race podiumless streak for the Russian biathletes.^[5]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 silver)

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay
Representing ROC Russian Olympic Committee
2022 Beijing	23rd	47th	41st	―	Silver	―

World Championships

Event	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay
Representing Russia
2019 Östersund	33rd	31st	25th	—	5th	—	—
2020 Antholz-Anterselva	22nd	38th	21st	—	8th	—	—
Representing Russian Biathlon Union
2021 Pokljuka	5th	64th	—	19th	11th	9th	—