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
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
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:44.20
	Asian Junior Championships	Hanoi, Vietnam	bgcolor=silver	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	bgcolor=silver	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
			bgcolor=gold	1st	200 m	23.02
			bgcolor=silver	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	bgcolor=silver	2nd	100 m	11.45
			3rd	200 m	23.47
			bgcolor=gold	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	44.14^1
	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	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	11.17
			bgcolor=silver	2nd	200 m	22.87
			bgcolor=silver	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	23.29^2
2023	Asian Indoor Championships	Astana, Kazakhstan	bgcolor=silver	2nd	60 m	7.32
	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	6th	200 m	23.63
			6th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	45.89^1
	Asian Games	Hangzhou, China	4th	200 m	23.67
2024	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	bgcolor=silver	2nd	60 m	7.35

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.