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]

  1. ^ a b "Olga Safronova". Ashgabat 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Olga Safronova". AsianGames2018.id. 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.