Vitaliy Anatolyevich Savin (; born 23 January 1966) is a former

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from

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and winner of the gold medal in 4 × 100 m

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at the

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. At the

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, Vitaliy Savin reached the quarterfinal of 100 m and ran the anchoring leg in the Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team, which won the gold medal in absence of

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. At the 1991 World Championships, Savin was again eliminated in the quarterfinals of 100 m and was seventh in 4 × 100 m. At the

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, Savin was eliminated in the semifinal of 100 m and was fifth as a member of the Unified Team's 4 × 100 m relay team. Savin reached the quarterfinals of the 100 m at 1993 World Championships and 1995 World Championships. His last major tournament was the

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, where he was eliminated in the heats of 100 m. Savin's personal best time over 100 m was 10.08 seconds, achieved in

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on 13 August 1992.

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* 1966 births Living people Soviet male sprinters Kazakhstani male sprinters Sportspeople from Karaganda Region Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic athletes for the Unified Team Olympic athletes for Kazakhstan Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships athletes for Kazakhstan Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games CIS Athletics Championships winners Soviet Athletics Championships winners Kazakhstani people of Russian descent {{Kazakhstan-athletics-bio-stub