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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 1 (1972) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 5 (1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 6 (4 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
1 medal (1 gold)
| Event | Individual | Relay |
|---|---|---|
 1972 Sapporo
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19th | Gold |
World Championships
6 medals (4 gold, 2 silver)
| Event | Individual | Relay |
|---|---|---|
 1967 Altenberg
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4th | Silver |
 1969 Zakopane
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Silver | Gold |
 1970 Östersund
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15th | Gold |
 1971 Hämeenlinna
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5th | Gold |
 1973 Lake Placid
|
— | Gold |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
References
- "Profile: Rinnat Safin". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2009.
- "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
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- 1940 births
- 2014 deaths
- Tatar people from the Soviet Union
- Soviet male biathletes
- Biathletes at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Olympic biathletes for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in biathlon
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Biathlon World Championships medalists
- Burials at Serafimovskoe Cemetery
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