SAFONOVA Viktoriia

Date of Birth: 18 Apr 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Sport Class: 7

Place of birth: SIMFEROPOL

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Place of residence : SIMFEROPOL

Residence Country:

Ukraine

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Table Tennis	Women's Team - Classes 6-8 RPC RPC	3
	Women's Singles - Class 7	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Singles - Class 7 Group B #5 RPC SAFONOVA VSAFONOVA Viktoriia Sport Class: 7 1 TUR KORKUT KKORKUT Kubra Sport Class: 7 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Singles - Class 7 Group B #8 RPC SAFONOVA VSAFONOVA Viktoriia Sport Class: 7 3 NOR KORNELIUSSEN NKORNELIUSSEN Nora Sport Class: 7 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 1	Women's Singles - Class 7 Quarterfinal 2 #13 RPC SAFONOVA VSAFONOVA Viktoriia Sport Class: 7 3 CHN WANG RWANG Rui Sport Class: 7 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Singles - Class 7 Semifinal 1 #14 FRA BARNEOUD ABARNEOUD Anne Sport Class: 7 1 RPC SAFONOVA VSAFONOVA Viktoriia Sport Class: 7 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 2	Women's Singles - Class 7 Gold Medal Match #16 RPC SAFONOVA VSAFONOVA Viktoriia Sport Class: 7 2 NED van ZON Kvan ZON Kelly Sport Class: 7 3	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 3	Women's Team - Classes 6-8 Quarterfinal 3 #3 RPC RPC 2 BRA Brazil 0	Finished
	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium Table 4	Women's Team - Classes 6-8 Semifinal 2 #6 RPC RPC 1 NED Netherlands 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
Paralympic Games
3	Singles - Class 7	2012	London, GBR
5	Team - Classes 6-10	2012	London, GBR
5	Singles - Classes 6-7	2008	Beijing, CHN
5	Team - Classes 6-10	2008	Beijing, CHN
World Championships
1	Team - Classes 6-7	2017	Bratislava, SVK
4	Singles - Classes 6-7	2006	Montreux, SUI
5	Singles - Class 7	2018	Lasko, SLO
5	Team - Classes 6-8	2006	Montreux, SUI
European Championships
1	Singles - Class 7	2017	Lasko, SLO
3	Singles - Class 7	2019	Helsingborg, SWE
3	Team - Classes 6-8	2019	Helsingborg, SWE
3	Team - Classes 6-8	2017	Lasko, SLO

Travel, music. (Athlete, 21 Apr 2021)

Exercise Rehabilitation Studies - V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol, UKR

Languages spoken:

Russian, Ukrainian

Moscomsport Centre of Olympic Preparation [Moscow, RUS]

Valery Vishnyakov [national], RUS; Yury Bannikov [personal]

She took up the sport in 2001 in Simferopol, Ukraine. (Athlete, 21 Apr 2021)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 21 Apr 2021)

Winning bronze in the TT7 singles event at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, and claiming gold medals at the European championships in 2011, 2013 and 2017. (Athlete, 21 Apr 2021)

Swedish table tennis player Jan-Ove Waldner. (Athlete, 21 Apr 2021)

In 2019 she received the title of Honoured Master of Sport in the Russian Federation. (fntrc.ru, 22 May 2019)

General Interest

Classification
TT7 (ipttc.org, 01 Apr 2020)

General
NATIONALITY SWITCH
Having previously represented Ukraine, she began competing for the Russian Federation in 2016. (Athlete, 21 Apr 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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