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**Svetlana Abrosimova**
Svetlana Abrosimova
	Small forward
Born	July 9, 1980 (age 29); Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	169 lb (77 kg)
College	Connecticut
Draft	7th overall, 2001; Minnesota Lynx
WNBA career	2001–2008
	WNBA Teams
	Minnesota Lynx (2001-2007); Connecticut Sun (2008)

Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova (Russian: Светлана Олеговна Абросимова) (born July 9, 1980) is a Russian basketball player who has played in college, the Olympics, and in professional leagues. She currently plays for the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA. She is usually called by her nickname, "Svet" or "Sveta".

Abrosimova was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (today St. Petersburg, Russia), to Oleg and Ludmilla Abrosimov. Her father Oleg works as a welder in a shipyard and her older sister, Tatiana, was a professional ballroom dancer.

While attending Petrogradskoi N86 (high school), Abrosimova was trained for the then Soviet Olympic team. She was named the MVP of the 1996 European Basketball Championship (also known as Eurobasket), averaging 18 points, six rebounds and three assists per game. She was also a member of all-star teams that won the 1995 and 1996 European Championship.

Abrosimova was a member of the Russian national basketball team that participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and won a silver medal in the 1998 Basketball World Championship.

After a standout collegiate career at the University of Connecticut, which included an NCAA national collegiate title in 2000, Abrosimova was selected in the first round (seventh overall pick) by the Minnesota Lynx during the 2001 WNBA Draft despite a foot injury. She was a 3-time Kodak first team All-American while at UConn. Svetlana was a member of the inaugural class (2006) of inductees to the University of Connecticut women's basketball "Huskies of Honor" recognition program.^[1]

Like many other WNBA players, Abrosimova has played in various professional teams and leagues during the offseason.

Abrosimova played on the 2008 Russian Olympic team and earned a bronze medal. Following the Olympics she was signed by the WNBA's Connecticut Sun for the remainder of the 2008 season.

She is currently playing for Ekaterinburg in her native Russia during the 2008-09 WNBA off-season.^[2]

[edit] UConn Statistics

Svetlana Abrosimova Statistics^[3] at University of Connecticut
Year	G	FG	FGA	PCT	3FG	3FGA	PCT	FT	FTA	PCT	REB	AVG	A	TO	B	S	MIN	PTS	AVG
1997-98	37	191	372	0.513	34	80	0.425	122	184	0.663	235	5.4	114	158	7	90	972	538	14.5
1998-99	34	204	425	0.480	38	101	0.376	118	186	0.634	226	6.6	127	132	6	91	888	564	16,6
1999-00	37	181	369	0.491	43	108	0.398	91	122	0.746	229	6.2	154	105	8	64	1051	496	13.4
2000-01	19	100	186	0.538	26	58	0.448	41	58	0.707	124	6.5	78	33	0	54	466	267	14.1
Totals	127	676	1352	0.5	141	347	0.406	372	550	0.676	814	6.4	473	428	21	299	3377	1865	14.7

[edit] Notes

^ "Women's Basketball 1995 National Championship Team to be Recognized as "Huskies of Honor”". http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/103008aaa.html. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
^ Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster
^ "UConn Media Guide". pp. 141. http://www.uconnhuskies.com/datadump/WBasketball/2008/MediaGuide/History%20(131-162).pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-10.

[edit] External links

[0] "Women's Basketball 1995 National Championship Team to be Recognized as "Huskies of Honor”". http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/103008aaa.html. Retrieved 2009-07-24.

[1] Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster

[2] "UConn Media Guide". pp. 141. http://www.uconnhuskies.com/datadump/WBasketball/2008/MediaGuide/History%20(131-162).pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-10.

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