Rinnat Safin

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]

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

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.^[2]

Olympic Games

1 medal (1 gold)

Event	Individual	Relay
1972 Sapporo	19th	Gold

World Championships

6 medals (4 gold, 2 silver)

Event	Individual	Relay
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.