Tatyana Averina
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Tatyana Borisovna Averina (Russian: Татья́на Бори́совна Аве́рина; 25 June 1950 – 22 August 2001[1]) was a Soviet Russian speed skater. After getting married, her name also appeared as Tatyana Barabash (Russian: Татьяна Барабаш).[2]
Biography
Averina was trained by
Between 1974 and 1975 Averina broke world records eleven times: four times in the 1000 m,
Averina took part in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, but did not win any medal. After having won 3 silver medals in earlier years (1974, 1975 and 1976), Averina became World Allround Champion in 1978. In 1979, she became Soviet Allround Champion. Earlier, she had become Soviet Sprint Champion three times (1973, 1974 and 1975).[2]
Medals
An overview of medals won by Averina at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:
| Championships | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
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| Winter Olympics | 1976 (1,000 m) 1976 (3,000 m) |
– | 1976 (500 m) 1976 (1,500 m) |
| World Allround | 1978 | 1974 1975 1976 |
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| World Sprint | – | – | – |
| European Allround | – | – | – |
| Soviet Allround | 1979 | – | – |
| Soviet Sprint | 1973 1974 1975 |
– | – |
World records
Over the course of her career, Averina skated eleven
| Event | Result | Date | Venue |
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| 1,500 m | 2:14.00 | 1 April 1974 | Medeo
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| 1,000 m | 1:26.40 | 2 April 1974 | Medeo
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| Mini combination | 180.089 | 2 April 1974 | Medeo
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| 500 m | 41.70 | 11 March 1975 | Medeo
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| 1,500 m | 2:09.90 | 11 March 1975 | Medeo
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| 1,000 m | 1:26.12 | 12 March 1975 | Medeo
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| Mini combination | 176.930 | 12 March 1975 | Medeo
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| 1,000 m | 1:25.28 | 22 March 1975 | Medeo
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| 500 m | 41.06 | 29 March 1975 | Medeo
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| 1,000 m | 1:23.46 | 29 March 1975 | Medeo
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| Sprint combination | 168.285 | 29 March 1975 | Medeo
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Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Averina skated her personal records.[2]
| Event | Result | Date | Venue | WR |
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| 500 m | 41.06 | 29 March 1975 | Medeo |
41.69 |
| 1,000 m | 1:23.3 | 2 October 1979 | Medeo |
1:23.46 |
| 1,500 m | 2:07.88 | 12 January 1979 | Medeo |
2:07.18 |
| 3,000 m | 4:38.48 | 13 January 1979 | Medeo |
4:31.00 |
| 5,000 m | 9:04.9 | 29 November 1981 | Moscow | 9:01.6 |
Note that Averina's personal record on the 3,000 m was not a recognised as a world record by the International Skating Union (ISU). Also note that the 5,000 m was suspended as a world record event at the 1955 ISU Congress and was reinstated at the 1982 ISU Congress.
Averina has an Adelskalender score of 184.589.
References
- ^ a b c Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 1
- ^ a b c d e f Tatyana Averina-Barabash. sports-reference.com
- Fizkultura i sport. p. 528.
- ^ "Speed skating, 1000 m – World Record progression". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 9, 2006.
- ^ "Speed skating, 1500 m – World Record progression". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 9, 2006.
- ^ "Speed skating, 500m – World Record progression". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved January 9, 2006.
External links
- Tatyana Averina in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
- Tatyana Averina at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Tatyana Averina at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Tatyana Averina at Olympics.com
- Tatyana Averina at Olympedia
- Tatyana Averina at SkateResults.com
- Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
- Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages
- Short biography of Tatyana Averina (in Russian)
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