Yevgeny Grishin
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's speed skating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 500 m | |
| Gold | 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 1500 m | |
| Gold | 1960 Squaw Valley | 500 m | |
| Gold | 1960 Squaw Valley | 1500 m | |
| Silver | 1964 Innsbruck | 500 m | |
Yevgeny Romanovich Grishin (Russian: Евгений Романович Гришин) (23 March 1931, Tula - 9 July 2005, Moscow) was a Soviet/Russian speedskater. Grishin trained at Armed Forces sports society. He became European Champion in 1956, and won Olympic gold in the 500 metre and 1,500 metre events in both 1956 and 1960 (sharing the 1,500 metre victories with respectively Yuri Mikhailov and Roald Aas), competing for the USSR team.
Grishin was the first to break the 40 second barrier on the 500 m, skating 39.6 in a test race in Squaw Valley in 1960, just after the Winter Olympic Games at the same location. This result was not officially recognised as a world record. Three years later, on 27--28 January 1963, he set officially ratified world records 39.6 and 39.5 at the Medeo track. He also won 2 bronze medals in the World Championships, in 1954 and 1956.
He had 14 single distance wins in his 14 starts in Allround Championships. Over the course of his career Grishin set 7 world records; the 1.22.8 time of the 1,000 m lasted 12 years.
[edit] World Record Times
| Event | Time |
|---|---|
| 500m | 40.2 |
| 500m | 40.2 |
| 500m | 39.6 |
| 500m | 39.5 |
| 1,000m | 1:22.8 |
| 1,500m | 2:09.8 |
| 1,500m | 2:08.6 |
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| Olympic champions in men's 500 m speed skating |
|---|
| 1924: Charles Jewtraw | 1928: Bernt Evensen / Clas Thunberg | 1932: Jack Shea | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Finn Helgesen | 1952: Ken Henry | 1956: Yevgeny Grishin | 1960: Yevgeny Grishin | 1964: Terry McDermott | 1968: Erhard Keller | 1972: Erhard Keller | 1976: Yevgeny Kulikov | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Sergey Fokichev | 1988: Uwe-Jens Mey | 1992: Uwe-Jens Mey | 1994: Alexander Golubev | 1998: Hiroyasu Shimizu | 2002: Casey FitzRandolph | 2006: Joey Cheek |
| Olympic champions in men's 1500 m speed skating |
|---|
| 1924: Clas Thunberg | 1928: Clas Thunberg | 1932: Jack Shea | 1936: Charles Mathiesen | 1948: Sverre Farstad | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Yevgeny Grishin / Yuri Mikhaylov | 1960: Roald Aas / Yevgeny Grishin | 1964: Ants Antson | 1968: Kees Verkerk | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Jan Egil Storholt | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Gaétan Boucher | 1988: André Hoffmann | 1992: Johann Olav Koss | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Ådne Søndrål | 2002: Derek Parra | 2006: Enrico Fabris |
Categories: 1931 births | 2005 deaths | Soviet speed skaters | Russian speed skaters | Olympic speed skaters of the Soviet Union | Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics | Winter Olympics medalists | Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
