Svetlana Varganova

Svetlana Varganova (born 19 November 1964) is a Russian former swimmer who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]

Svetlana Varganova

Medal record
Women's Swimming
Representing the  Soviet Union
	1980 Moskva	200 m breaststroke

Throughout her athletic career, Svetlana Varganova participated in two major international competitions, namely the 1980 Olympics and the 1982 World Championships. At the Olympics, she won a silver medal in the 200m breaststroke event, while at the 1982 Worlds, she achieved a gold medal in the same event, as well as a bronze medal in the medley relay. In addition, Varganova broke a world record for the 200m breaststroke, recording a time of 2:31.09 in 1979. In national competitions, she won a single Soviet title for the 100 breaststroke in 1982, and also secured two silver medals (1982-83) and two bronze medals (1979, 1981) for the 200 breaststroke event at the Soviet championships. Following the conclusion of her competitive career, Varganova worked as a swimming coach in her hometown of Leningrad, which is now known as St. Petersburg.[2]

She got arrested in an extensive drug bust conducted by Narcotics Control Bureau of Government of India at Goa,India in April 2023.[3]