Ilgizar Ilgizovich Safiullin (russian: Ильгизар Ильгизович Сафиуллин; born 9 December 1992) is a Russian athlete who specialises in the

3000 metres steeplechase The 3000 metres steeplechase or 3000-meter steeplechase (usually abbreviated as ) is the most common distance for the steeplechase in track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, a ...

. He represented his country at the

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and 2015 World Championships without qualifying for the final. In addition he won the gold medal at the

2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXVII Summer Universiade (russian: XXVII Летняя Универсиада), was held in the city of Kazan, Russia, the most northerly city ever to host a Summer Universiade. Over 10,400 un ...

. He is an ethnic

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in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 8:32.53 (Tampere 2009) *

– 8:18.49 (Paris 2015) Indoor *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

– 3:45.26 (Moscow 2012) *

– 7:54.90 (Moscow 2013)

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* 1992 births Living people People from Artyom, Russia Sportspeople from Primorsky Krai Russian male middle-distance runners Russian male steeplechase runners Universiade gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Russia Russian Athletics Championships winners Tatar sportspeople Far Eastern Federal University alumni {{Russia-athletics-bio-stub