Natalya Petruseva

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Olympic medal record
Women's Speed Skating
Bronze	1980 Lake Placid	500 m
Gold	1980 Lake Placid	1,000 m
Bronze	1984 Sarajevo	1,000 m
Bronze	1984 Sarajevo	1,500 m

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

Contents 1 Short biography 2 Medals 3 World records 4 Personal records 5 References

[edit] Short biography

Petruseva trained at Burevestnik. Competing for the Soviet Union, Natalya Petruseva 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.

Petruseva was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1980. After her speed skating career had ended, Petruseva 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.

[edit] Medals

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

Championships	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Winter Olympics	1980 (1,000 m)		1980 (500 m) 1984 (1,000 m) 1984 (1,500 m)
World Allround	1980 1981	1979	1982
World Sprint	1982	1983	1981
European Allround	1981 1982		1983
Soviet Allround	1980 1981 1982		1979
Soviet Sprint	1980 1981	1979 1984

[edit] World records

Over the course of her career, Petruseva skated 10 world records:

Distance	Result	Date	Location
1,000 m	1:23.01	27 March 1980	Medeo
Mini combination	173.434	27 March 1980	Medeo
1,500 m	2:06.01	3 January 1981	Medeo
Mini combination	171.149	4 January 1981	Medeo
1,500 m	2:05.39	27 March 1981	Medeo
1,000 m	1:20.81	28 March 1981	Medeo
1,500 m	2:04.04	25 March 1983	Medeo
1,000 m	1:19.31	26 March 1983	Medeo
Mini combination	166.682	26 March 1983	Medeo
Mini combination	168.387	28 March 1983	Medeo

[edit] Personal records

Distance	Result	Date	Location
500 m	40.51	24 March 1984	Medeo
1,000 m	1:19.31	26 March 1983	Medeo
1,500 m	2:04.04	25 March 1983	Medeo
3,000 m	4:29.31	26 December 1980	Medeo
5,000 m	7:51.8	23 August 1981	Leningrad

[edit] References

• Natalya Petruseva at SkateResults.com
• Personal records from The Skatebase

Olympic champions in women's 1000 m speed skating
1960: Klara Guseva  | 1964: Lidia Skoblikova | 1968: Carry Geijssen | 1972: Monika Pflug | 1976: Tatyana Averina | 1980: Natalya Petruseva | 1984: Karin Enke | 1988: Christa Luding | 1992: Bonnie Blair | 1994: Bonnie Blair | 1998: Marianne Timmer | 2002: Chris Witty | 2006: Marianne Timmer

Leaders of the Adelskalender women
Natalya Petruseva - Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich - Karin Enke - Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn - Gunda Niemann - Claudia Pechstein - Anni Friesinger - Cindy Klassen