Svetlana Ganina is a Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n table tennis

Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...

 player. Since 2002 she won several medals in double and team events in the Table Tennis European Championships

Table Tennis European Championships

The European Table Tennis Championships were first held in 1958. Between 1958 and 2002, the European Championships were held every two years in the even years. From 2003 they were held in odd years. Since 2008 the tournament has been held annually...

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She was qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

, scheduled to play in the first round of the singles competition

Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's singles

The women's singles table tennis event was a part of the table tennis program at the 2008 Summer Olympics and took place at the Peking University Gymnasium. The tournament started on August 18 with the final on August 22....

, but she did not actually play. She competed in both singles

Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's singles

These are the results of the women's singles competition, one of two events for female competitors in table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-First round:August 14winners on left in bold-Second round:August 15...

 and doubles

Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's doubles

These are the results of the women's doubles competition, one of two events for female competitors in table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-Preliminary round:...

 in 2004.

She plays in a defensive style, with occasional attacking causing much trouble for her opponents. She uses long pimples on the backhand, though she frequently anticipates the placement of her opponent and flips her racket accordingly. She has won against many top players in the world, including Fukuhara Ai and Tamara Boros

Tamara Boroš

Tamara Boroš is a female table tennis player competing for Croatia. She has been one of the relatively rare European players who competes at the highest level of the sport together with the players from Far East....

 in the 2006 World Team Championships, and Tie Yana in a 2007 Pro Tour event.