Svetlana Kapanina
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Svetlana Vladimirovna Kapanina (Russian: Светлана Владимировна Капанина) is a Russian aerobatic pilot.[1]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Kapanina was born on 28 December 1968 in Shchuchinsk, Kokchetav Oblast, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (now Akmola Region, Republic of Kazakhstan). She dedicated herself to several sports modalities at school and always liked motorcycles and other motor vehicles. She enrolled at medical school in Tselinograd (now Astana), where she graduated in pharmaceutical sciences. She started flying at age 19, in 1988, on a Sukhoi Su-26M3, while working as a technician at the Kurgan sports aviation club of DOSAAF. By 1991 she was already an instructor pilot at DOSAAF's Irkutsk club, and then back at Kurgan. Also in 1991, she became a member of the Russian national aerobatic team. In 1995 she graduated from Kaluga aeronautical technical school.[2]
She lives in Moscow with her husband and two children.[1]
Achievements in aerobatics[edit | edit source]
Kapanina was World Aerobatic Champion in the women's category in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2011[2] and has won the title more times than any other pilot in the category.[3] Additionally, she was overall World Air Games Champion in 1997 and 2001.[2]
Together with Mikhail Mamistov and Oleg Spolyansky, she won the team gold medal in the 16th FAI European Aerobatic Championships 2008 in Hradec Králové (Czech Republic). She placed fourth overall and was best female participant.[4]
Honours and awards[edit | edit source]
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- Template:Order of Courage (Russia) Order of Courage (August 14, 2014). President Vladimir Putin presented the order on December 22, 2014.[5]
- Template:Order of Honour (Russia) Order of Honour (2002)
- Template:Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 2nd class (1995)
Honorary citizen of the Kurgan Oblast (February 2, 2015)
In 1997, she received the Paul Tissandier Diploma by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).[2] In 2005 she was awarded the Sabiha Gökçen Medal[2] and the Centenary Medal by the FAI.[6]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pilot profile of Svetlana Kapanina. Retrieved from link
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 FAI Awards received by Svetlana Kapanina (Russia). Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Retrieved from link
- ↑ Coming soon: 19th FAI World Grand Prix. (1 October 2003) Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Retrieved from link
- ↑ Combined Results (overall): 16th FAI EAC 2008 at Hradec Kralové, 05.-13. July 2008. (July 2008) Commission Internationale de Voltige Aérienne. Retrieved 21 July 2008 from link
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- ↑ FAI Centennial : Carlos Izquierdo, Philippe Broers, Manfred Ruhmer and Gin Song honoured. (22 October 2005) Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Retrieved from link
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