Svetlana Podobedova (Russian: Светлана Подобедова; born May 25, 1986, Zima, Irkutsk[1]) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani weightlifter.

Her 161 kg Clean and jerk was an Olympic record and her 291 kg total tied the Olympic record set only minutes before by Natalia Zabolotnaya.

[1] In June 2016, following the Russian doping scandal, it was announced by the IWF that retests of the samples taken from the 2012 Olympics indicated that Podobedova had tested positive for prohibited substances, namely Stanazolol.

[3] Zabolotnaya and the bronze medalist, Iryna Kulesha, were disqualified and stripped of their medals as well.

You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This biographical article relating to weightlifting in Russia is a stub.