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. 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.
Career
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. 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships Men's 100 metres T35, paralympic.org 2018 World Para Athletics European Championships Men's 200 metres T35, paralympic.org 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.
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. The Ukrainian Paralympic winner refused to take a photo with the Russians, Ukrayinska Pravda (30 August 2021)
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.
Achievements
Representing 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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