Ihor Tsvietov


Ihor Tsvietov is a Ukrainian Paralympic athlete with cerebral palsy. He won two gold medals at the 2016 Summer Paralympics: in the men's 100 metres T35 event and in the men's 200 metres T35 event. He is scheduled to compete in these events at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

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. 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.

Achievements