Natalya Petrusyova Explained

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Full Name:Natalya Anatolyevna Petrusyova
Birth Date:2 September 1955
Birth Place:Pavlovsky Posad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.62 m
Weight:61 kg
Sport:Speed skating
Club:Burevestnik Moscow

Natalya Anatolyevna Petrusyova (Russian: Ната́лья Анато́льевна Петрусёва; born 2 September 1955) is a former speed skater.

Short biography

Natalya Petrusyova trained at Burevestnik. Competing for the Soviet Union, Petrusyova was a very successful skater  - once Olympic Champion (on the 1,000 m), twice World Allround Champion, once World Sprint Champion, twice European Allround Champion, three times Soviet Allround Champion, twice Soviet Sprint Champion, and ten-time world record holder.

Petrusyova was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1980. After her speed skating career had ended, Petrusyova became the senior speed skating coach at the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports in Moscow. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she was the senior coach of the Russian speed skating team.

She married Vladimir Komarov, a Soviet Olympic speed skater.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Petrusyova at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

Championshipsbgcolor=gold Gold medal bgcolor=silver Silver medal bgcolor=cc9966 Bronze medal
1980 (1,000 m)  - 1980 (500 m)
1984 (1,000 m)
1984 (1,500 m)
1980
1981
1979 1982
1982 1983 1981
1981
1982
 - 1983
Soviet Allround 1980
1981
1982
 - 1979
Soviet Sprint 1980
1981
1979
1984
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World records

Over the course of her career, Petrusyova skated ten world records:

EventResultDateVenue
1,000 m1:23.0127 March 1980Medeo
Mini combination173.43427 March 1980Medeo
1,500 m2:06.013 January 1981Medeo
Mini combination171.1494 January 1981Medeo
1,500 m2:05.3927 March 1981Medeo
1,000 m1:20.8128 March 1981Medeo
1,500 m2:04.0425 March 1983Medeo
1,000 m1:19.3126 March 1983Medeo
Mini combination168.27126 March 1983Medeo
Mini combination166.68228 March 1983Medeo

Personal records

EventResultDateVenue
500 m40.5124 March 1984Medeo
1,000 m1:19.3126 March 1983Medeo
1,500 m2:04.0428 March 1983Medeo
3,000 m4:29.3126 December 1980Medeo
5,000 m7:51.8 23 August 1981Leningrad

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