Olga Safronova

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]

Olga Safronova

Safronova at the 2017 Asian Championships
Personal information
Born	(1991-11-05) 5 November 1991 (age 33) Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union[1]
Education	Coaching
Alma mater	Karaganda State University[2]
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Coached by	Yury Mashtakov Alexander Denisko (personal)[2][3]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	London 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 2014 Incheon 200 m 2014 Incheon 4 x 100 m Relay 2014 Incheon 100 m 2018 Jakarta-Palembang 4 x 100 m Relay Asian Indoor Championships 2014 Hangzhou 60 m 2023 Astana 60 m 2024 Tehran 60 m

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
			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
2024	Asian Indoor Championships	Tehran, Iran	2nd	60 m	7.35
	Olympic Games	Paris, France	23rd (rep)	200 m	23.70
2025	Asian Championships	Gumi, South Korea	8th (h)	100 m	11.73
			9th (h)	200 m	24.37

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