Aleksandr Svechnikov

Aleksandr Svechnikov

Sport
Country	Uzbekistan
Sport	Para-athletics
Disability	Vision impairment
Disability class	F13
Event	Javelin throw
Medal record Paralympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Javelin throw F13 World Championships 2017 London Javelin throw F13 Islamic Solidarity Games 2017 Baku Javelin throw F13 Asian Para Games 2018 Jakarta Javelin throw F12/F13

Aleksandr Svechnikov is a visually impaired Uzbekistani Paralympic athlete competing in F13-classification javelin throw events. He represented Uzbekistan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and he won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F13 event.

He also won the gold medal in the men's javelin throw F13 event at the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships held in London, United Kingdom with a new world record of 71.01 m.

At the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, he set a new world record in the men's javelin throw F13 event.

External links

• Aleksandr Svechnikov at the International Paralympic Committee