# Svetlana Radzivil

Svetlana Mikhaylovna Radzivil (Russian: Светлана Михайловна Радзивил; born 17 January 1987 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) is an Uzbekistani high jumper. She is among Asia's top female high jumpers. She won the Asian Games title three times running (2010 to 2018) and was the Asian champion in 2015. She has also won two silver and one bronze medal at the Asian Athletics Championships. She is a two-time champion at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships (2006 and 2014). She is a four-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016 and 2021).

## Career

She was born in Tashkent. She finished ninth at the 2003 World Youth Championships and thirteenth at the 2004 World Junior Championships. In 2006, she won the 2006 World Junior Championships, in a new personal best jump of 1.91 metres, and finished seventh at the 2006 Asian Games. She jumped 1.91 again in 2007. In 2008, she competed at the Olympic Games. She won the gold medal at the 17th Asian Games with a jump of 1.94 metres ahead of China's Xingjuan Zheng who claimed silver with her season's best jump of 1.92 m and Uzbekistan's Nadiya Dusanova who took home the bronze with a best leap of 1.89 m. She won gold medal in Asian Games 2018, with games record of 1.96 meters beating Nadiya Dusanova 1.94 m.
Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in August 2012 in London and in April 2021 in Mersin.
On December 22, 2019, Svetlana Radzivil was elected to the Tashkent City Kengash of People's Deputies.

## International competitions

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
| Representing Uzbekistan |||||
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 19th (q) | 1.70 m |
| 2002 | Asian Junior Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | 4th | 1.76 m |
| 2003 | World Youth Championships | Sherbrooke, Canada | 9th | 1.75 m |
| 2003 | Asian Championships | Manila, Philippines | 6th | 1.75 m |
| 2004 | Asian Junior Championships | Ipoh, Malaysia | 2nd | 1.80 m |
| 2004 | World Junior Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 13th | 1.75 m |
| 2006 | Asian Indoor Championships | Pattaya, Thailand | 1st | 1.91 m |
| 2006 | Asian Junior Championships | Macau | 1st | 1.90 m |
| 2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 1st | 1.91 m |
| 2006 | Asian Games | Doha, Qatar | 7th | 1.84 m |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 18th (q) | 1.89 m |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 21st (q) | 1.89 m |
| 2009 | Asian Indoor Games | Hanoi, Vietnam | 4th | 1.87 m |
| 2009 | Asian Championships | Guangzhou, China | 3rd | 1.87 m |
| 2010 | Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 1st | 1.95 m |
| 2011 | Asian Championships | Kobe, Japan | 2nd | 1.92 m |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 7th | 1.93 m |
| 2012 | World Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 8th | 1.92 m |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 7th | 1.97 m |
| 2013 | Asian Championships | Pune, India | 2nd | 1.88 m |
| 2014 | Asian Indoor Championships | Hangzhou, China | 1st | 1.96 m |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 14th (q) | 1.88 m |
| 2014 | Asian Games | Incheon, South Korea | 1st | 1.94 m |
| 2015 | Asian Championships | Wuhan, China | 1st | 1.91 m |
| 2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 9th | 1.88 m |
| 2016 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | 1.92 m |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 13th | 1.88 m |
| 2018 | Asian Games | Jakarta-Palembang, Indonesia | 1st | 1.96 m |
| 2019 | Asian Championships | Doha, Qatar | 3rd | 1.88 m |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 12th | 1.89 m |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 20th (q) | 1.90 m |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 10th | 1.84 m |
| 2022 | Islamic Solidarity Games | Konya, Turkey | 2nd | 1.87 m |
| 2023 | Asian Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | 3rd | 1.83 m |
| 2023 | Asian Games | Hangzhou, China | 2nd | 1.86 m |
| 2024 | Asian Indoor Championships | Tehran, Iran | 5th | 1.80 m |