Vladimir Sviridov

Vladimir Sviridov (born 10 May 1990) is a Paralympian athlete from Russia competing mainly in category F36 long jump and shot put.[1] In 2013 he took the gold in the shot put at the IPC Athletics World Championships equaling his own world record which he set two months earlier in Emmeloord.

For the Soviet military commander, see Vladimir Petrovich Sviridov.
Vladimir Sviridov
Sviridov receiving his shot put gold at the 2013 IPC World Championships
Personal information
NationalityRussian
Born (1990-05-10) 10 May 1990
Novocherkassk,  Soviet Union
Sport
Country Russia
SportParalympic athletics
DisabilityCerebral Palsy
Disability classT36/F36
Event(s)Shot put
Long jump
ClubRostov-na-Donu
Coached byOlga Isupova
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing  Russia
Paralympic Games
2012 London Long jump - F36
IPC Athletics World Championships
2011 Christchurch Long jump F12
2013 Lyon Shot put F36
2011 Christchurch Shot put F35-36
2015 DohaShot put – F36
IPC European Championships
2014 SwanseaShot put - F36
2016 GrossetoShot put - F36

Personal history

Sviridov was born in Novocherkassk, in the former Soviet Union in 1990. He was born with cerebral palsy. He is married to fellow Russian Paralympian Elena Ivanova.[1]

Career history

Sviridov's first major international competition was the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch, New Zealand. There he took two medals, gold in the F36 long jump with a distance of 5.29m, and silver in the F35-36 shot put.[1] His gold winning performance in the long jump set a new Championship record in the F36 category, just 4 cm behind Roman Pavlyk's world record. Sviridov represented Russia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London where he competed in the F36 long jump, his favoured F36 shot put was not a featured event of the games. He posted a distance of 5.08m in the long jump taking the bronze medal.

The next year he again represented Russia at the IWAS Dutch Open in Emmeloord, setting a new world record in the shot put with a distance of 14.70m.[2] Two months later he travelled to Lyon to take part in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships. At the games he won gold in the shot put, equaling his world record throw of 14.70m set at Emmeloord.[2]

Notes
  1. "Vladimir Sviridov". Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  2. "2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon: Official Results Book" (PDF). p. 161. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
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