Ihor Tsvietov

Ihor Tsvietov
Tsvietov at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Personal information
Born (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 30)
Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportPara-athletics
DisabilityCerebral palsy
Disability classT35
Events
Medal record
Men's para-athletics
Representing  Ukraine
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 100 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 200 m T35
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 100 m T35
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 200 m T35
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 100 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2017 London 200 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai 100 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2019 Dubai 200 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 100 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2023 Paris 200 m T35
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin 100 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2018 Berlin 200 m T35
Gold medal – first place 2021 Bydgoszcz 200 m T35
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Bydgoszcz 100 m T35

Ihor Tsvietov (Ukrainian: Ігор Сергійович Цвєтов; born 2 March 1994) is a Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He competes as T35-classified athlete in 100 and 200 metres sprinting events. He won two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: in the men's 100 metres T35 event and in the men's 200 metres T35 event.[1] He also won the silver medal in the men's 100 metres T35 and men's 200 metres T35 events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

Tsvietov winning the 100 metres T35 event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.

He won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T35 and men's 200 metres T35 events at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom.

Tsvietov also won the gold medals in the men's 100 metres T35 and men's 200 metres T35 events at the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships.[2][3] In both events he was the only medalist as there were only two competitors, Tsvietov and Jordan Howe, in these events.

At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, he set a new world-record time of 11.07s in the men's 100 metres T35 event and also a new world-record time of 23.04s in the men's 200 metres T35 event.[4][5]

After winning the silver medal at the 100 m T35 during the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Tsvetov refused to take a joint photo with Russian bronze and gold medallist Artem Kalashian and Dmitrii Safronov due to strained Russia–Ukraine relations.[6]

In 2023, he won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T35 and men's 200 metres T35 events at the World Para Athletics Championships held in Paris, France.

Ihor Tsvietov firmly claimed the gold medal in the 100-metre race among representatives of the T35 class at the Paralympic Games 2024 in Paris, shaving four hundredths of a second off the world record.[7]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Ukraine
2016 Summer Paralympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1st 100 m 12.31s
1st 200 m 25.11s
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 1st 100 m 12.38s
1st 200 m 25.52s
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 1st 100 m 12.77s
1st 200 m 26.10s
2019 World Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1st 100 m 11.77s
1st 200 m 23.04s
2021 European Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd 100 m 11.90s
1st 200 m 23.14s
Summer Paralympics Tokyo, Japan 2nd 100 m 11.47s
2nd 200 m 23.25s
2023 World Championships Paris, France 1st 100 m 11.78s
1st 200 m 23.30s
2024 Summer Paralympics Paris, France 1st 100 m 11.43s
1st 200 m 23.19s

References

  1. ^ "Ihor Tsvietov". paralympic.org.
  2. ^ 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships Men's 100 metres T35, paralympic.org
  3. ^ 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships Men's 200 metres T35, paralympic.org
  4. ^ "Men's 100 metres – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Men's 200 metres – Final" (PDF). 2019 World Para Athletics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
  6. ^ (in Ukrainian) The Ukrainian Paralympic winner refused to take a photo with the Russians, Ukrayinska Pravda (30 August 2021)
  7. ^ "Ukrainian athlete Tsvietov wins third gold in his Paralympic career".
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