Svitlana Bondarenko

{{Short description|Ukrainian swimmer (born 1971)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Svitlana Bondarenko

| image =

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| fullname = Світлана Бондаренко

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| nationality = {{UKR}}

| strokes = breaststroke

| club = Spartak

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|08|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zaporizhzhia

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| height = 5 ft 9 in

| weight = 139 lbs

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCount

|World Championships (SC)|0|2|1

|European Championships (LC)|1|9|2

|European Championships (SC)|0|0|1

|Summer Universiade|2|2|0

|Military World Games|1|3|4

|Total|4|16|8

}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalSilver|1995 Rio|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|1995 Rio|200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalBronze|1997 Gothenburg|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalGold|2004 Madrid|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|1991 Athens|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|1993 Sheffield|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|1995 Vienna|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|1995 Vienna|200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|1997 Seville|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|1999 Istanbul|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|2002 Berlin|50 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|2002 Berlin|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|2004 Madrid|4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze|2000 Helsinki|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalBronze|2002 Berlin|4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalBronze|1998 Sheffield|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalCompetition|Summer Universiade}}

{{MedalGold|1993 Buffalo|200 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalGold|1997 Catania|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|1993 Buffalo|100 m breaststroke}}

{{MedalSilver|1997 Catania|200 m breaststroke}}

{{Medal|Competition|Military World Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|1999 Zagreb|100 m breaststroke}}

{{Medal|Silver|1999 Zagreb|50 m breaststroke}}

{{Medal|Silver|2003 Catania|50 m breaststroke}}

{{Medal|Silver|2003 Catania|100 m breaststroke}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2003 Catania|200 m breaststroke}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2007 Hyderabad|50 m breaststroke}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2007 Hyderabad|4x400 m medley relay}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2011 Rio de Janeiro|100 m breaststroke}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Military Championships}}

{{Medal|Silver|2010 Warendorf|100 m breaststroke}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2010 Warendorf|50 m breaststroke}}

}}

Svitlana Bondarenko ({{langx|uk|Світлана Бондаренко}}; born 12 August 1971 in Zaporizhzhia) is a former international breaststroke swimmer from Ukraine. She swam at three Olympics (1996, 2000 and 2004), multiple World Championships and European Championships, and several other meets during her international career from 1991 to 2010.

In the 1990s, she was the silver-medalist in the 100 Breaststroke at every European Championships (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997 and 1999), and also won silver in the 200 Breaststroke in 1995. At the 1995 Short Course Worlds, she garnered silver medals in both breaststroke events (100 and 200).

In the 2000s, at the 2004 European Championships, she won the 100 Breaststroke.

Bondarenko was the oldest contender at the 2010 European Championships.[http://www.europeanchampionships.org/Budapest_2010/print.php?id=24 Svitlana Bondarenko: the oldest swimmer in Budapest] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724172523/http://www.europeanchampionships.org/Budapest_2010/print.php?id=24 |date=24 July 2011 }}, 2010 European Aquatics Championships (6 August 2010)