Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova is a former speed skater.
Career
After World World War II had ended, Soviet women started dominating speed skating and would continue do so for at least 20 years. Tamara Rylova was one of them. She trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad.
Having debuted nationally at the 1952 Soviet Allround Championships and internationally at the 1954 World Allround Championships, Rylova soon became a force to be reckoned with.
Early 1955, Rylova proved this by setting a new world record on the 500 m – breaking Laila Schou Nilsen"s record that had stood for almost 18 years. That same month, she would break two more world records.
And this was not an exception, rather it was the rule. Her last appearance at the Soviet Allround Championships was in 1966.
Over the course of her career, Rylova skated four world records:.