| Sport: | Short track speed skating |
| Vladimir Grigorev | |
| Country: | (until 2007) / (since 2007) |
| Birth Date: | 8 August 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height: | 178 cm |
| Weight: | 83 kg |
| Pb: | 500 m: 40.344 (2012, Former WR) 1000 m: 1:23.795 (2013) 1500 m: 2:11.514 (2018) 3000 m: 4:53.771 (2012) |
Vladimir Viktorovich Grigorev (Russian: Владимир Викторович Григорьев; born 8 August 1982) is a Russian short track speed skater.[1] He previously competed for Ukraine. Grigorev is from Sumy in Ukraine.
Grigorev competed for Ukraine in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics,[2] and the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics.[3]
He did not compete at the 2010 Olympics,[2] and, in 2007, switched allegiance to Russia, due to a shortage of skating facilities in Ukraine.[4]
He qualified to compete for Russia at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. On 15 February 2014, he won a silver medal in the 1000m short track speedskating event, as part of the first Russian 1-2 finish in short track, with Viktor Ahn winning gold. With his silver, at 31 years and 191 days of age, Grigorev became the oldest man to win a short track Olympic medal.[5] On 21 February 2014, he won a gold medal in 5000m-relay as part of Team Russia.[6]