Olga Safronova

Olga Safronova
	Safronova at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born	5 November 1991 (age 32); Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Education	Coaching
Alma mater	Karaganda State University
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Coached by	Yury Mashtakov; Alexander Denisko (personal)
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	London 2012 (semifinals)
Personal best(s)	100 m – 11.09 (2016); 200 m – 22.85 (2014)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Kazakhstan
Asian Games

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
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	48th (h)	200m	25.55
2010	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	3rd	60 m	7.57
	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	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
	Asian Games	Guangzhou, China	–	4 × 100 m relay	DNF
2011	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	7th	100 m	11.82
	Asian Championships	Kobe, Japan	4th	200 m	24.29
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	18th (qf)	100 m	11.88
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	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
	Universiade	Kazan, Russia	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
	Asian Championships	Wuhan, China	–	4 × 100 m relay	DQ
	World Championships	Beijing, China	37th (h)	100 m	11.49
	World Championships	Beijing, China	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
	World Championships	Eugene, United States	37th (h)	200 m	23.50
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	7th	100 m	11.37
	Islamic Solidarity Games	Konya, Turkey	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
	Asian Championships	Bangkok, Thailand	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
2024	Olympic Games	Paris, France	23rd (rep)	200 m	23.70

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Olga Safronova". Ashgabat 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Olga Safronova". AsianGames2018.id. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^ "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.
^ "Olga Safronova". IAAF. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
^ "Results". AsianAthletics.org. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2012.