 Irina Yegorova in 1968 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 8 April 1940 (1940-04-08) (age 84) Ivanovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Burevestnik Ivanovo Dynamo Moscow Oblast | ||||||||||||||
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Irina Nikolayevna Yegorova (Russian: Ирина Николаевна Егорова, born 8 April 1940) is a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics. In 1964 she won the silver medal in the 500 and 1000 m events. Four years later she finished fifth in the 1000 m and ninth in the 500 m contest.
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 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 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. In 1995 she won the national 500 m title in the masters division.
Yegorova was married, but her husband died by 2011; she has a son.
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)
References
- ^ ЕГОРОВА Ирина Николаевна. infosport.ru
- ^ Irina Yegorova Archived 17 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- Irina Jegorova. SpeedSkatingNews.info
- ^ Егорова Ирина Николаевна Archived 17 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine. chastnik.ru. 10 March 2011
- Albert Skobtsov. Ирина Егорова – спринтер от Бога. my-ivanovo.ru.
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