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| Born |
7 January 1947 Moscow, Russia |
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| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Spartak Moscow | |||||||||||||||
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Mikhail Mikhailovich Safonov (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Сафонов, born 7 January 1947) is a retired Russian diver. He competed in the 3 m springboard at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and finished in seventh and ninth place, respectively; in 1968 he also finished ninth in the 10 m platform. He won the springboard event at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships and at the Soviet championships in 1966–1968 and 1971.
He married Tamara Safonova, a Russian diver who also competed at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics.