Olga Safronova Explained

Olga Safronova
Birth Date:5 November 1991
Birth Place:Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height:1.72 m[2]
Weight:65 kg
Coach:Yury Mashtakov
Alexander Denisko (personal)[3]
Alma Mater:Karaganda State University
Education:Coaching
Olympics:London 2012 (semifinals)
Pb:100 m – 11.09 (2016)
200 m – 22.85 (2014)[4]

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 events. At the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, she won a bronze medal in the 60 m and a silver at the relay.[5] Safronova won four medals at the Asian Games in 2014–2018, two individual and two in the 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

Representing
2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland57th (h)100m12.57
48th (h)200m25.55
2010Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iran3rd60 m7.57
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 400 m relay3:44.20
Asian Junior ChampionshipsHanoi, Vietnambgcolor=silver2nd100 m12.17
Asian GamesGuangzhou, China10th (sf)100 m11.87
4 × 100 m relayDNF
2011Asian ChampionshipsKobe, Japan7th100 m11.82
4th200 m24.29
UniversiadeShenzhen, China18th (qf)100 m11.88
22nd (qf)200 m24.32
World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea37th (h)100 m11.62
2012Asian Indoor ChampionshipsHangzhou, China4th60 m7.49
World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey26th (h)60 m7.45
Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom24th (sf)100 m11.39
2013UniversiadeKazan, Russia7th100 m11.55
14th (sf)200 m23.95
World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia35th (h)200 m23.83
2014Asian Indoor ChampionshipsHangzhou, Chinabgcolor=silver2nd60 m7.41
World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland24th (h)60 m7.35
Asian GamesIncheon, South Korea3rd100 m11.50
bgcolor=gold1st200 m23.02
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 100 m relay43.90
2015Asian ChampionshipsWuhan, China4th100 m11.47
4 × 100 m relayDQ
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China37th (h)100 m11.49
32nd (h)200 m23.28
2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil36th (h)100 m11.50
41st (h)200 m23.29
4 × 100 m relayDQ
2017Asian ChampionshipsBhubaneswar, Indiabgcolor=silver2nd100 m11.45
3rd200 m23.47
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 100 m relay43.53
World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom13th (h)4 × 100 m relay45.47
UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan7th100 m11.53
6th200 m23.80
2nd (h)4 × 100 m relay44.141
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts GamesAshgabat, Turkmenistan3rd60 m7.43
2018Asian GamesJakarta, Indonesia6th100 m11.43
5th200 m23.43
3rd4 × 100 m relay43.82
2019Asian ChampionshipsDoha, Qatarbgcolor=gold1st100 m11.17
bgcolor=silver2nd200 m22.87
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 100 m relay43.36
World RelaysYokohama, Japan8th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.71
World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar31st (h)100 m11.40
25th (h)200 m23.16
12th (h)4 × 100 m relay43.79
2021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan36th (h)200 m23.64
2022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States41st (h)100 m11.65
37th (h)200 m23.50
Islamic Solidarity GamesKonya, Turkey7th100 m 11.37
5th (sf)200 m23.292
2023Asian Indoor ChampionshipsAstana, Kazakhstanbgcolor=silver2nd60 m7.32
Asian ChampionshipsBangkok, Thailand6th200 m23.63
6th (h)4 × 100 m relay45.891
Asian GamesHangzhou, China4th200 m23.67
2024Asian Indoor ChampionshipsTehran, Iranbgcolor=silver2nd60 m7.35
1Disqualified in the final
2Did not finish in the final

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olga Safronova . . 25 October 2017.
  2. Web site: Olga Safronova . AsianGames2018.id . 4 September 2018.
  3. Web site: Olga Safronova . London2012.com . . 4 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120730114906/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/bludova-olga-1129820/ . 30 July 2012.
  4. Web site: Olga Safronova . . 4 September 2018.
  5. Web site: Results . AsianAthletics.org . 12 August 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100818073654/http://www.asianathletics.org/AIC2010/home.htm . 18 August 2010.