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.

Svetlana Ganina
Personal information
Full name	GANINA Svetlana
Nationality	Soviet Union Russia
Born	11.07.1978 Nizhny Novgorod
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing style	defensive
Medal record Women's table tennis Representing Russia European Championships 2007 Belgrade Doubles 2007 Belgrade Team 2002 Zagreb Doubles 2003 Courmayeur Doubles 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.

See also

• List of table tennis players

References

• 2008 Olympic profile at the Wayback Machine (archived September 3, 2008)

External links

• Svetlana Ganina at World Table Tennis
  • Svetlana Ganina at old.ittf.com at the Wayback Machine (archived January 11, 2017)
  • Svetlana Ganina at ittfranking.com at the Wayback Machine (archived April 3, 2012)
• Svetlana Ganina at Olympics.com
• Svetlana Ganina at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)