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Born | Mykolaiv, Ukraine | 2 March 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Para-athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Cerebral palsy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | T35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Ihor Tsvietov (born 2 March 1994) is a Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He competes as T35-classified athlete in 100 and 200 metres sprinting events. He won two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: in the men's 100 metres T35 event and in the men's 200 metres T35 event. [1] He also won the silver medal in the men's 100 metres T35 and men's 200 metres T35 events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.
He won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T35 and men's 200 metres T35 events at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom.
Tsvietov also won the gold medals in the men's 100 metres T35 and men's 200 metres T35 events at the 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships. [2] [3] In both events he was the only medalist as there were only two competitors, Tsvietov and Jordan Howe, in these events.
At the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, he set a new world-record time of 11.07s in the men's 100 metres T35 event and also a new world-record time of 23.04s in the men's 200 metres T35 event. [4] [5]
After winning the silver medal at the 100 m T35 during the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics Tsvetov refused to take a joint photo with Russian bronze and gold medallist Artem Kalashian and Dmitrii Safronov due to strained Russia–Ukraine relations. [6]
In 2023, he won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T35 and men's 200 metres T35 events at the World Para Athletics Championships held in Paris, France.
Ihor Tsvietov firmly claimed the gold medal in the 100-metre race among representatives of the T35 class at the Paralympic Games 2024 in Paris, shaving four hundredths of a second off the world record. [7]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Ukraine | |||||
2016 | Summer Paralympics | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | 100 m | 12.31s |
1st | 200 m | 25.11s | |||
2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 1st | 100 m | 12.38s |
1st | 200 m | 25.52s | |||
2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st | 100 m | 12.77s |
1st | 200 m | 26.10s | |||
2019 | World Championships | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1st | 100 m | 11.77s |
1st | 200 m | 23.04s | |||
2021 | European Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 3rd | 100 m | 11.90s |
1st | 200 m | 23.14s | |||
Summer Paralympics | Tokyo, Japan | 2nd | 100 m | 11.47s | |
2nd | 200 m | 23.25s | |||
2023 | World Championships | Paris, France | 1st | 100 m | 11.78s |
1st | 200 m | 23.30s | |||
2024 | Summer Paralympics | Paris, France | 1st | 100 m | 11.43s |
1st | 200 m | 23.19s |
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