title: Svetlana Kitova
text: Svetlana Alexandrovna Kitova (; 25 June 1960 – 18 November 2015) was a middle-distance runner who represented the USSR and later Russia. Born in Dushanbe, Kitova's greatest achievements were the 1989 World Indoor silver medal as well as two European Indoor gold medals. Her personal best 1500 metres time was 4:01.02 in Kiev on 2 August 1988.
  
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  1960 births
  2015 deaths
  Sportspeople from Dushanbe
  Soviet female middle-distance runners
  Tajikistani female middle-distance runners
  Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
  Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
  FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
  Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union
  World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
  Medalists at the 1985 Summer Universiade
  Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade
  Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games