Aleksandr Svechnikov

Aleksandr Svechnikov

Personal information
Born	(1998-05-19) May 19, 1998 (age 26) Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Sport
Country	Uzbekistan
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability	Vision impairment
Disability class	F13
Event	Javelin throw
Medal record Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Javelin throw F13 World Championships 2017 London Javelin throw F13 Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku Javelin throw F13 Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta Javelin throw F12/F13

Aleksandr Svechnikov (born 19 May 1998) is a visually impaired Uzbekistani Paralympic athlete competing in F13-classification javelin throw events. ^[1] He represented Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F13 event. ^{[1] [2]}

At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, he set a new world record in the men's javelin throw F13 event. A few months later, he won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F13 event at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom with a new world record of 71.01 m. ^[3]

References

1. "Aleksandr Svechnikov". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2020-01-02. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
2. "Five countries who won historic golds at Rio 2016". paralympic.org. 29 September 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
3. "2017 World Para Athletics Championships – Results – Men's Javelin Throw F13 Final" (PDF). IPC . 19 July 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2017.

External links

• Aleksandr Svechnikov at the International Paralympic Committee