| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Competitor for Soviet Union | ||
| Women's speed skating | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 1976 Innsbruck | 1,000 m |
| Gold | 1976 Innsbruck | 3,000 m |
| Bronze | 1976 Innsbruck | 500 m |
| Bronze | 1976 Innsbruck | 1,500 m |
| World Championships | ||
| Silver | 1974 Heerenveen | Allround |
| Silver | 1975 Assen | Allround |
| Silver | 1976 Gjøvik | Allround |
| Gold | 1978 Helsinki | Allround |
Tatyana Borisovna Averina (Russian: Татья́на Бори́совна Аве́рина) (25 June 1950 in Gorky – 22 August 2001 in Moscow[1]) was a Soviet Russian speed skater. After getting married, her name would also appear as Tatyana Barabash (Russian: Татьяна Барабаш).
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She trained at Burevestnik Voluntary Sports Society in Gorky.[2] Averina made the USSR National Team in 1970 and was coached by Boris Stenin.[1] Between 1974 and 1975 she broke the World Record eleven times: four times in 1000 m event[3], twice in 1,500 m event[4], twice in 500 m event.[5] and three times in mini combination. In 1976 she earned the title Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR[1]. Competing for the Soviet Union, Tatyana Averina participated in the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and won medals (two gold and two bronze) on all four distances. Ironically, the Swiss newspaper Sport had written shortly before the Olympic Games, "Narrow specialisation has solidly taken root in the skating sport and these days it will be very hard to find an athlete who will compete in all distances and achieve successes in all, similar to Clas Thunberg and Lidia Skoblikova."
Averina would participate in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid as well, but did not win any medals there. After having won 3 silver medals in earlier years (1974, 1975, and 1976), Averina became World Allround Champion in 1978. In 1979, she became Soviet Allround Champion. Earlier, she had become Soviet Sprint Champion three times (1973, 1974, and 1975).
An overview of medals won by Averina at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:
| Championships | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Olympics | 1976 (1,000 m) 1976 (3,000 m) |
– | 1976 (500 m) 1976 (1,500 m) |
| World Allround | 1978 | 1974 1975 1976 |
– |
| World Sprint | – | – | – |
| European Allround | – | – | – |
| Soviet Allround | 1979 | – | – |
| Soviet Sprint | 1973 1974 1975 |
– | – |
Over the course of her career, Averina skated eleven world records:
| Event | Result | Date | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,500 m | 2:14.00 | 1 April 1974 | Medeo |
| 1,000 m | 1:26.40 | 2 April 1974 | Medeo |
| Mini combination | 180.089 | 2 April 1974 | Medeo |
| 500 m | 41.70 | 11 March 1975 | Medeo |
| 1,500 m | 2:09.90 | 11 March 1975 | Medeo |
| 1,000 m | 1:26.12 | 12 March 1975 | Medeo |
| Mini combination | 176.930 | 12 March 1975 | Medeo |
| 1,000 m | 1:25.28 | 22 March 1975 | Medeo |
| 500 m | 41.06 | 29 March 1975 | Medeo |
| 1,000 m | 1:23.46 | 29 March 1975 | Medeo |
| Sprint combination | 168.285 | 29 March 1975 | Medeo |
To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Averina skated her personal records.
| Event | Result | Date | Venue | WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 41.06 | 29 March 1975 | Medeo | 41.69 |
| 1,000 m | 1:23.3 | 2 October 1979 | Medeo | 1:23.46 |
| 1,500 m | 2:07.88 | 12 January 1979 | Medeo | 2:07.18 |
| 3,000 m | 4:38.48 | 13 January 1979 | Medeo | 4:31.00 |
| 5,000 m | 9:04.9 | 29 November 1981 | Moscow | 9:01.6 |
Note that Averina's personal record on the 3,000 m was not a recognised as a world record by the International Skating Union (ISU). Also note that the 5,000 m was suspended as a world record event at the 1955 ISU Congress and was reinstated at the 1982 ISU Congress.
Averina has an Adelskalender score of 184.589.
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