Vitaly Sawin

Vitaly Sawin ( Russian Виталий Анатольевич Савин , Vitaly Anatolyevich Sawin ., English transcription Vitaliy Savin * 23. January 1966 in jezkazgan , Kazakhstan ) is a former Kazakh sprinter and Olympic champion , who until 1991 for the Soviet Union and in 1992 for the Commonwealth of Independent States took .

At the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 100-meter run . In the 4 x 100 meter relay , the US relay lost the baton in the run-up, so the outcome of the final was open. In 38.19 s the Soviet Union won ahead of Great Britain and France. Behind Wiktor Bryshin , Vladimir Krylow and Vladimir Muravyov , Vitaly Savin was the final runner.

At the European Indoor Championships in 1989 , Sawin was seventh over 60 meters in 6.68 s . He took the same place at the World Indoor Championships in 1991 , this time in 6.66 s. At the World Championships in Stuttgart , Sawin was eliminated over 100 meters in the quarter-finals. With the relay, he finished seventh.

In 1992, Sawin joined the United Team of the Commonwealth of Independent States. At the European Indoor Championships in Genoa he was second behind the Briton Jason Livingston over 60 meters in 6.54 s . In Barcelona at the Olympic Games , Sawin reached the semi-finals over 100 meters. At the last appearance of a joint relay from the Soviet republics, 38.17 s were only enough for 5th place in the final, with no other runner from the 1988 gold relay except Sawin.

From the following year Sawin went to his home country Kazakhstan, but was eliminated at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart in the quarter-finals over 100 meters. At the 1995 World Indoor Championships he was eighth over 60 meters in 6.65 s. In the summer he was eliminated again in the quarter-finals at the World Championships in Gothenburg . At the 1996 Olympic Games , he did not get beyond the lead.

Witali Sawin is 1.78 m tall and weighed 84 kg during his active time.

Personal bests

• 50 m (hall): 5.77 s, March 17, 1991, The Hague
• 60 m (hall): 6.51 s, February 1, 1992, Moscow
• 100 m: 10.08 s, August 13, 1992, Linz

literature

• Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 89/90. London 1989 ISBN 0-948209-33-X
• Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )

Web links

• Vitaliy Savin in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Vitaliy Savin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )