Olga Safronova

Olga Safronova
Safronova at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born (1991-11-05) 5 November 1991 (age 33)
Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union[1]
EducationCoaching
Alma materKaraganda State University[2]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Coached byYury Mashtakov
Alexander Denisko (personal)[2][3]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsLondon 2012 (semifinals)
Personal best(s)100 m – 11.09 (2016)
200 m – 22.85 (2014)[4]
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Kazakhstan
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon 4 x 100 m Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon 100 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 4 x 100 m Relay

Olga Safronova (Ольга Сафронова; born 5 November 1991), née Bludova (Блудова), is a Kazakhstani sprinter. She competed in the 100 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics and advanced to the semifinals. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she was eliminated in the heats of the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events. At the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, she won a bronze medal in the 60 m and a silver at the 4 × 400 m relay.[5] Safronova won four medals at the Asian Games in 2014–2018, two individual and two in the 4 × 100 m relay.[2]

Her mother Irina was a hurdler, her brother Maxim is a high jumper.[1] Her husband Konstantin Safronov competed internationally in the long jump.[2]

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Kazakhstan
2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 57th (h) 100m 12.57
48th (h) 200m 25.55
2010 Asian Indoor Championships Tehran, Iran 3rd 60 m 7.57
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:44.20
Asian Junior Championships Hanoi, Vietnam 2nd 100 m 12.17
Asian Games Guangzhou, China 10th (sf) 100 m 11.87
– 4 × 100 m relay DNF
2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan 7th 100 m 11.82
4th 200 m 24.29
Universiade Shenzhen, China 18th (qf) 100 m 11.88
22nd (qf) 200 m 24.32
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 37th (h) 100 m 11.62
2012 Asian Indoor Championships Hangzhou, China 4th 60 m 7.49
World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 26th (h) 60 m 7.45
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 24th (sf) 100 m 11.39
2013 Universiade Kazan, Russia 7th 100 m 11.55
14th (sf) 200 m 23.95
World Championships Moscow, Russia 35th (h) 200 m 23.83
2014 Asian Indoor Championships Hangzhou, China 2nd 60 m 7.41
World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 24th (h) 60 m 7.35
Asian Games Incheon, South Korea 3rd 100 m 11.50
1st 200 m 23.02
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 43.90
2015 Asian Championships Wuhan, China 4th 100 m 11.47
– 4 × 100 m relay DQ
World Championships Beijing, China 37th (h) 100 m 11.49
32nd (h) 200 m 23.28
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 36th (h) 100 m 11.50
41st (h) 200 m 23.29
– 4 × 100 m relay DQ
2017 Asian Championships Bhubaneswar, India 2nd 100 m 11.45
3rd 200 m 23.47
1st 4 × 100 m relay 43.53
World Championships London, United Kingdom 13th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 45.47
Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 7th 100 m 11.53
6th 200 m 23.80
2nd (h) 4 × 100 m relay 44.141
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 3rd 60 m 7.43
2018 Asian Games Jakarta, Indonesia 6th 100 m 11.43
5th 200 m 23.43
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 43.82
2019 Asian Championships Doha, Qatar 1st 100 m 11.17
2nd 200 m 22.87
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 43.36
World Relays Yokohama, Japan 8th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.71
World Championships Doha, Qatar 31st (h) 100 m 11.40
25th (h) 200 m 23.16
12th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 43.79
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 36th (h) 200 m 23.64
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 41st (h) 100 m 11.65
37th (h) 200 m 23.50
Islamic Solidarity Games Konya, Turkey 7th 100 m 11.37
5th (sf) 200 m 23.292
2023 Asian Indoor Championships Astana, Kazakhstan 2nd 60 m 7.32
Asian Championships Bangkok, Thailand 6th 200 m 23.63
6th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 45.891
Asian Games Hangzhou, China 4th 200 m 23.67
2024 Asian Indoor Championships Tehran, Iran 2nd 60 m 7.35
Olympic Games Paris, France 23rd (rep) 200 m 23.70

1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the final

References

  1. ^ a b "Olga Safronova". Ashgabat 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Olga Safronova". AsianGames2018.id. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Olga Safronova". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Olga Safronova". IAAF. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Results". AsianAthletics.org. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
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