Lidia Skoblikova
Speed Skater, Olympic athlete
1939 –
Who is Lidia Skoblikova?
Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova is a retired Russian speed skater and coach. Representing the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960 and 1964, she won a total of six gold medals, still a record number for a speed skater. She also won 25 gold medals at the world championships and 15 gold medals at the USSR National Championships in several distances. She was also the first athlete to earn six gold medals in the Olympic Winter Games, and the first to earn four gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games. She was the most successful athlete at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, sharing the honour for 1960 Games with her compatriot Yevgeny Grishin.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1939
Zlatoust - Also known as
- Lidiya Skoblikova
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Russia
- Profession
- Lived in
- Zlatoust
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on July 23, 2013
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