Rinnat Safin

Rinnat Safin
Personal information
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)
Professional information
Sport Biathlon
Club Dinamo Leningrad
Olympic Games
Teams 1 (1972)
Medals 1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams 5 (1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973)
Medals 6 (4 gold)
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1972 Sapporo 4 × 7.5 km relay
World Championships
1969 Zakopane 4 × 7.5 km relay
1970 Östersund 4 × 7.5 km relay
1971 Hämeenlinna 4 × 7.5 km relay
1973 Lake Placid 4 × 7.5 km relay
1967 Altenberg 4 × 7.5 km relay
1969 Zakopane 20 km individual

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
Japan 1972 Sapporo 4th Gold

World Championships

6 medals (4 gold, 2 silver)

Event Individual Relay
East Germany 1967 Altenberg 4th Silver
Polish People's Republic 1969 Zakopane Silver Gold
Sweden 1970 Östersund 15th Gold
Finland 1971 Hämeenlinna 5th Gold
United States 1973 Lake Placid — Gold
*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

References

  1. ↑ "Profile: Rinnat Safin". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
  2. ↑ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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