Svetlana Gnezdilov is a retired Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i athlete who specialized in the 100 metres hurdles

100 metres hurdles

The 100 m hurdles are an Olympic track and field athletics discipline run by women . For the race ten hurdles of a height of 83.8 cm are placed evenly spaced along a straight course of 100 meters. They are positioned so that they will fall over if bumped into by the runner...

 and the heptathlon

Heptathlon

A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...

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She was a Ukrainian

Ukraine

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 citizen until 1996 when she emigrated to Israel. In the short hurdles distances (100 and 60 metres

60 metres hurdles

60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 60 metres including the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds and 7.30 seconds ,...

) she competed at the 1999 World Championships, the 2001 World Indoor Championships

2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships

The 8th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal from March 9 to March 11 2001. It was the first time the Championships had been held in Portugal...

, the 2001 World Championships

2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles

These are the official results of the Women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2001 IAAF World Championships in Edmonton, Canada.-Medalists:-Heats:...

 and the 2002 European Championships without reaching the final.

She then switched to the heptathlon, where she finished fifteenth at the 2002 European Championships and 26th at the 2006 European Championships. She did not finish the competition at the 2003 World Championships

2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

These are the official results of the Women's Heptathlon competition at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, including four non-finishers...

. At the 2003 World Championships she also competed in the 4 x 400 metres relay

2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 x 400 metres relay

These are the official results of the Women's 4x400 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. Their final was held on Sunday 31 August 2001 at 19:10h.-Final:-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-References:*...

. At the 2006 European Championships she also competed in the long jump.

Her personal best times were 8.28 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles, achieved at the 2001 World Indoor Championships in Lisbon

Lisbon

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; and 13.04 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles, achieved in June 2001 in Minsk

Minsk

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. She has 6031 points in the heptathlon, achieved in August 2003 in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

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; and 6.46 metres in the long jump, achieved in July 2004 in Tel Aviv.