Rinnat Safin
Soviet biathlete
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Full name | Rinnat Ibragimovich Safin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1940-08-29)29 August 1940 Bolshiye Yaki, Zelenodolsky, Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 October 2014(2014-10-22) (aged 74) Leningrad Oblast, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dinamo Leningrad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 1 (1972) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 1 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teams | 5 (1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medals | 6 (4 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rinnat Ibragimovich Safin (Russian: Риннат Ибрагимович Сафин; 29 August 1940 – 22 October 2014) was a Soviet biathlete. At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team.[1]
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[2]
Olympic Games
1 medal (1 gold)
Event | Individual | Relay |
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1972 Sapporo | 19th | Gold |
World Championships
6 medals (4 gold, 2 silver)
Event | Individual | Relay |
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1967 Altenberg | 4th | Silver |
1969 Zakopane | Silver | Gold |
1970 Östersund | 15th | Gold |
1971 Hämeenlinna | 5th | Gold |
1973 Lake Placid | — | Gold |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
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Olympic champions in men's biathlon – 4 × 7.5 km relay
- 1968: Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Puzanov, Viktor Mamatov, Vladimir Gundartsev (URS)
- 1972: Alexander Tikhonov, Rinnat Safin, Ivan Biakov, Viktor Mamatov (URS)
- 1976: Aleksandr Elizarov, Ivan Biakov, Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Kruglov (URS)
- 1980: Vladimir Alikin, Alexander Tikhonov, Vladimir Barnashov, Anatoly Alyabyev (URS)
- 1984: Dmitry Vasilyev, Juri Kashkarov, Algimantas Šalna, Sergei Bulygin (URS)
- 1988: Dmitry Vasilyev, Sergei Tchepikov, Alexandr Popov, Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS)
- 1992: Ricco Groß, Jens Steinigen, Mark Kirchner, Fritz Fischer (GER)
- 1994: Ricco Groß, Frank Luck, Mark Kirchner, Sven Fischer (GER)
- 1998: Ricco Groß, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Frank Luck (GER)
- 2002: Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland, Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
- 2006: Ricco Groß, Michael Rösch, Sven Fischer, Michael Greis (GER)
- 2010: Halvard Hanevold, Tarjei Bø, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
- 2014: vacant
- 2018: Peppe Femling, Jesper Nelin, Sebastian Samuelsson, Fredrik Lindström (SWE)
- 2022: Sturla Holm Lægreid, Tarjei Bø, Johannes Thingnes Bø, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR)
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