Svetlana Pakhomova

Svetlana Pakhomenko
Curler
Born (1965-06-20) June 20, 1965
Dolgoprudny, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Team
Curling club Moscow Oblast
Skip Andrey Smirnov
Third Konstantin Kurokhtin
Second Svetlana Pakhomova
Lead Alexander Shevchenko
Alternate Marat Romanov

Svetlana Vasilyevna Pakhomova (Russian: Светла́на Васи́льевна Пахо́мова; born 20 June 1965) is a Russian wheelchair curler playing as second for the Russian wheelchair curling team. She and her team won the silver medal at the 2014 Paralympic Games and gold medals at the 2012, 2015 and 2016 World Championships.

Biography

In 1994, Pakhomova and her whole family were in a car accident, the future curler injured her spine.[1] She won the Junior National Swimming Championships.[2]

Pakhomova started her curling career in September 2007. She was national champion of 2011/2012 as a member of the club "Stolitsa".[3] During the 2012/2013 season she became third at the nationals, now playing for Moscow Oblast.[4]

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