Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater)

Yevgeny Grishin

Yevgeny Grishin in 1964
Personal information
Born	(1931-03-23)23 March 1931 Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	9 July 2005(2005-07-09) (aged 74) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Club	CSKA Moskva
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 500 m 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1500 m 1960 Squaw Valley 500 m 1960 Squaw Valley 1500 m 1964 Innsbruck 500 m World Championships 1954 Sapporo Allround 1956 Oslo Allround European Championships 1956 Helsinki Allround

Yevgeny Romanovich Grishin (Russian: Евгений Романович Гришин; 23 March 1931 – 9 July 2005) was a Soviet and Russian speedskater. Grishin trained for the largest part of his speedskating career at CSKA Moscow. A four-time Olympian (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968), he became European Champion in 1956, and won Olympic gold in the 500 meter and 1500 meter events in both 1956 and 1960 Winter Olympics (sharing the 1500 meter victories with respectively Yuri Mikhaylov and Roald Aas), competing for the USSR team. Along with his compatriot Lidiya Skoblikova, he was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Winter Olympics.^[1][2]

Grishin was the first to break the 40 second barrier on the 500 m, skating 39.6 in an unofficial test race in Squaw Valley in 1960, just after the Winter Olympic Games at the same location. Three years later, on 27–28 January 1963, he set officially ratified world records 39.6 and 39.5 at the Medeu track. He also won 2 bronze medals in the World Championships, in 1954 and 1956.^[1]

He had 12 single distance wins in his 14 starts in allround championships. Over the course of his career Grishin set seven world records; the 1:22.8 time of the 1000 m lasted 12 years.^[1]