Rinnat Safin

Rinnat Safin
Personal information
Full nameRinnat Ibragimovich Safin
Born(1940-08-29)29 August 1940
Bolshiye Yaki, Zelenodolsky,
Tatar ASSR, Soviet Union
Died22 October 2014(2014-10-22) (aged 74)
Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Professional information
SportBiathlon
ClubDinamo Leningrad
Olympic Games
Teams1 (1972)
Medals1 (1 gold)
World Championships
Teams5 (1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973)
Medals6 (4 gold)
Medal record
Men's biathlon
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1972 Sapporo4 × 7.5 km relay
World Championships
1969 Zakopane4 × 7.5 km relay
1970 Östersund4 × 7.5 km relay
1971 Hämeenlinna4 × 7.5 km relay
1973 Lake Placid4 × 7.5 km relay
1967 Altenberg4 × 7.5 km relay
1969 Zakopane20 km individual

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.