Vladimir Sergeyevich Sviridov (russian: Владимир Сергеевич Свиридов; born 10 May 1990) is a Russian

para-athlete Para-athletics is the sport of athletics practised by people with a disability as a parasport. The athletics events within the parasport are mostly the same as those available to able-bodied people, with two major exceptions in wheelchair rac ...

competing mainly in category F36

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

and shot put. In 2013 he took the gold in the shot put at the IPC Athletics World Championships equaling his own world record which he set two months earlier in Emmeloord.

Personal history

Sviridov was born in

Novocherkassk Novocherkassk (russian: Новочерка́сск, lit. ''New Cherkassk'') is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located near the confluence of the Tuzlov and Aksay Rivers, the latter a distributary of the Don River. Novocherkassk is best known ...

, Soviet Union in 1990. He was born with

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sens ...

. He is married to fellow Russian para-athlete

Elena Ivanova Elena Ivanova (russian: Елена Иванова; born 8 November 1979) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 1995 Finlandia Trophy champion, 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, and 1996 World Junior champion. Life a ...

Career history

Sviridov's first major international competition was the

2011 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held in Christchurch, New Zealand from January 21 to 30, 2011. Athletes with a disability competed, and the Championships was a qualifying event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Ove1000 athlet ...

held in Christchurch, New Zealand. There he took two medals, gold in the F36 long jump with a distance of 5.29m, and silver in the F35-36 shot put. His gold winning performance in the long jump set a new Championship record in the F36 category, just 4 cm behind

Roman Pavlyk Roman Pavlyk ( uk, Роман Павлик; born 1 December 1983) is a Paralympic athlete from Ukraine. He has cerebral palsy and competes in T36 sprint and F36 long jump events. He competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. T ...

's world record. Sviridov represented Russia at the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in London where he competed in the F36 long jump, his favoured F36 shot put was not a featured event of the games. He posted a distance of 5.08m in the long jump taking the bronze medal. The next year he again represented Russia at the IWAS Dutch Open in

Emmeloord Emmeloord is the administrative centre of the municipality of Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Netherlands. In 2019, it had a population of 26,055. Overview At the heart of the Noordoostpolder, where the three main drainage canals Lemstervaart, ...

, setting a new world record in the shot put with a distance of 14.70m. Two months later he travelled to Lyon to take part in the

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships was the biggest track and field competition for athletes with a disability since the 2012 Summer Paralympics. It was held in Lyon, France, and lasted from 20 to 28 July. Around 1,100 athletes competed, f ...

. At the games he won gold in the shot put, equaling his world record throw of 14.70m set at Emmeloord.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sviridov, Vladimir Paralympic athletes of Russia Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Russia Living people 1990 births World record holders in Paralympic athletics People from Novocherkassk Russian male long jumpers Russian male shot putters Track and field athletes with cerebral palsy Cerebral Palsy category Paralympic competitors Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for the Russian Paralympic Committee athletes Sportspeople from Rostov Oblast