Rinnat Safin

Rinnat Safin
Personal information
Full name	Rinnat Ibragimovich Safin
Born	29 August 1940; Bolshiye Yaki, Zelenodolsky,; Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union
Died	22 October 2014 (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
World Championships

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]

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.

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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[sports-ref-1] "Profile: Rinnat Safin". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2009.

[2] "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

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