Natalya Petrusyova

Natalya Petrusyova

Personal information
Born	2 September 1955
Medal record Women's Speed Skating Competitor for  Soviet Union Olympic Games 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.

Short biography

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

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

Medals

An overview of medals won by Petrusyova 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	–

World records

Over the course of her career, Petrusyova skated ten world records:

Event	Result	Date	Venue
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	168.271	26 March 1983	Medeo
Mini combination	166.682	28 March 1983	Medeo

Personal records

Event	Result	Date	Venue
500 m	40.51	24 March 1984	Medeo
1,000 m	1:19.31	26 March 1983	Medeo
1,500 m	2:04.04	28 March 1983	Medeo
3,000 m	4:29.31	26 December 1980	Medeo
5,000 m	7:51.8	23 August 1981	Leningrad

References

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

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Name	Petrusyova, Natalya
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