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Date of Birth: 27th of June 1985
Birthplace: St. Petersburg (RUS)
Mother: Galina Tsareva, six-time cycling world champion and holder of 20 world records
Father: Alexandr Kuznetsov, cycling coach of six Olympic champions and world champions and now coach of “Lokomotiv”, the best russian cycling club
Brother: Nikolai Kuznetsov, cycling silver medallist at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta
Residence: Monte Carlo (MON)
Height: 1.74 m
Weight: 73 kg

Russian-born Svetlana Kuznetsova  is coached by Larisa Savchenko. Her father, Alexander, coached six Olympic cycling champions and world champions. Among his pupils was Svetlana’s mother, Galina Tsareva, a six-time world champion and holder of 20 world records,as well as her brother, Nikolai Kuznetsov, a silver medalist in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Svetlana began playing tennis at age 7. She proclaims to never leave home without her Ipod, and enjoys a wide variety of music. She has no one favorite player, but admires all who fight on the court.

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