Svetlana Babich

{{Short description|Soviet-Russian javelin thrower}}

{{for|the water polo player|Svetlana Koroleva (water polo)}}

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| nationality = Russian

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|07|17}}

| birth_place = Pavlovsk, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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| height = {{convert|169|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|69|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| country = Soviet Union

| sport = Javelin throw

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| club = Dynamo Moskva oblast

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| olympics = 1972 Summer Olympics: Women's Javelin throw – 8th
1976 Summer Olympics: Women's Javelin throw – 6th

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Svetlana Vladimirovna Babich ({{langx|ru|Светлана Владимировна Бабич}}, née {{lang|ru|Королёва}}, Korolyova; born July 17, 1947) is a retired female javelin thrower who represented the Soviet Union twice at the Summer Olympics: 1972 and 1976. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's javelin throw event at the 1973 Summer Universiade.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KB8tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eqQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=813,1750209|title=Russians sweep gold medals|date=17 August 1973|work=The Rock Hill Herald|page=7|accessdate=11 November 2010}}