Dmitrii Dmitrievich Safronov (; born 12 October 1995) is a Russian Paralympic athlete who specializes in the 100 m and 200 m sprint.

Career

Safronov is a four-time

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, having won gold in the 100m and 200m T35 events in

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and in

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. In

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he won a silver and a bronze in the 200m and 100m, respectively. Safronov represented

Russian Paralympic Committee athletes at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Russian athletes competed in the 2020 Summer Paralympics under the acronym of the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC), using a flag depicting a one-off emblem representing the committee. On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) ha ...

and won gold medals in the

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and 200 metres T35 events.

References

1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Dzerzhinsk, Russia Medalists at the World Para Athletics European Championships Medalists at the World Para Athletics Championships World Para Athletics Championships winners Paralympic athletes for Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Paralympic gold medalists for the Russian Paralympic Committee athletes Paralympic silver medalists for the Neutral Paralympic Athletes team Paralympic bronze medalists for the Neutral Paralympic Athletes team Russian male sprinters 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-Paralympic-medalist-stub