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Irina Egorova Edit Profile

speed skater

Irina Nikolayevna Yegorova is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics.

Education

Four years later she finished fifth in the 1000 m and ninth in the 500 m contest.

Career

Yegorova became known internationally in 1962–1963, when she skated 500 m and 1000 m in world record times, even though her records were not officially recognised. In 1963 Yegorova graduated from the Ivanovo Textile Institute, where she then worked until 1964. Between 1964 and 1967 she was employed at a penal colony nearby, and after that coached speed skating in Ivanovo and Moscow.

From 1989 to 2004 she worked as a school teacher in Ivanovo, and later resumed her coaching activities.

Personal bests:

500 m – 45.0 (1968)

1000 m – 1:31.2 (1970)

1500 m – 2:24.6 (1962)

3000 m – 5:10.8 (1969).

Achievements

  • In 1964 she won the silver medal in the 500 and 1000 m events. In 1963 she won a silver medal in the 500 m at the world championships and finished fourth all-around. In 1964, just a week after the Olympics, she won the 500 m at the world championships. She continued dominating sprint events at world all-around championships until 1967, when she won silver in the 500 m, but she never finished within the podium overall. Domestically she won only one title, in 1963. She finished second in 1969, but set a sprint all-around world record in late December. In 1995 she won the national 500 m title in the masters division.

Interests

  • Sport & Clubs

    Weights 65 kg. 1.67 m tall.