Svetlana Abrosimova

Infobox WNBA Player
name = Svetlana Abrosimova
nickname = Sveta

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caption =
team = Connecticut Sun
VBM-SGAU Samara (RUS)
position = Small forward/Power forward
height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2
weight_lbs = 169
nationality = RUS
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|7|9
birth_place = Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (today St. Petersburg, Russia)
college = UConn
draft = 7^th overall
draft_year = 2001
draft_team = Minnesota Lynx
career_start = 2001
career_end =
former_teams = Gambrinus Brno (CZE) (2001–02) Pallacanestro Femminile Schio (ITA) (2002–03) UMMC Yekaterinburg (RUS) (2003–04) Minnesota Lynx (WNBA) (2001-2007)
awards =

Svetlana Olegovna Abrosimova ( _ru. 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. 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 Union 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.

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.

External links

* [http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/svetlana_abrosimova/index.html?nav=page WNBA Player Profile]
* [http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/SvetlanaAfans/ Fan discussion group]
* [http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/WBasketball/2001/Roster/sabrosimova.html University of Connecticut player profile]
* [http://www.uconninfo.com/sveta Fan Page]