Olga Safronova
Safronova at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born (1991-11-05) 5 November 1991
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 place2014 Incheon200 m
Silver medal – second place2014 Incheon4 x 100 m Relay
Bronze medal – third place2014 Incheon100 m
Bronze medal – third place2018 Jakarta-Palembang4 x 100 m Relay

Olga Safronova (née Bludova; born 5 November 1991) 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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

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

References

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  1. 1 2 Olga Safronova. Ashgabat 2017
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Olga Safronova. asiangames2018.id
  3. ↑ Olga Safronova. London 2012 Archived 30 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Olga Safronova. IAAF
  5. ↑ Results. asianathletics.org


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