Svetlana Anatolyevna Boiko (born 13 April 1972 in Rostov-on-Don

Rostov-on-Don

-History:The mouth of the Don River has been of great commercial and cultural importance since the ancient times. It was the site of the Greek colony Tanais, of the Genoese fort Tana, and of the Turkish fortress Azak...

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Russia

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n foil fencer

Fencing

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Boiko won the gold medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships

2006 World Fencing Championships

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 after beating Italy in the final. She accomplished this with her team mates Aida Chanaeva

Aida Chanaeva

Aida Vladimirovna Shanayeva is a Russian foil fencer.Chanayeva won the gold medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Italy in the final. She accomplished this with her team mates Svetlana Boiko, Julia Khakimova and Ianna Rouzavina.- External links :*...

, Julia Khakimova

Julia Khakimova

Julia Khakimova is a Russian foil fencer.Khakimova won the gold medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Italy in the final...

, and Ianna Rouzavina

Ianna Rouzavina

Ianna Rouzavina is a Russian foil fencer.Rouzavina won the gold medal in the foil team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Italy in the final. She accomplished this with her team mates Aida Chanaeva, Julia Khakimova and Svetlana Boiko...

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August 15, 2008 Boiko with teammates Aida Chanaeva, Victoria Nikichina and Evgenia Lamonova beat the United States

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 team 28 to 11, winning the gold medals of 2008 Olympic Games. This was her fourth consecutive olympic appearance, now as the captain of the national team. Boiko is known among teammates as Mama Sveta - for her experience; she actually has two daughters.

On the domestic arena, Boiko defends the colours of CSKA

CSKA

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and is in fact a major in Russian armed forces (as at August 16, 2008). After winning the 2008 event, Boiko announced her retirement.