Ivan Aleksandrovich Skobrev (; born 8 February 1983 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian speed skater.
Career
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the bronze medal in the 5000 meters as well as the silver medal in the 10000 meters. He is the 2011 European and World Allround Champion.
At the 2006 European Championships he finished in fifth place. He qualified for four distances for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He finished eleventh in the 5000 meters, sixth in the 1500 and 10000 meters and fifth in the team pursuit.
In December 2017, he was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, after doping offences at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The ban was subsequently overturned on appeal to the court of arbitration for sport (CAS).
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Skobrev skated his personal records.
With a score of 146.008 points, Skobrev is in 10th place on the Adelskalender as of March 10, 2019. He was in fifth place most of the time from February 12, 2011, to December 3, 2017.
References
External links
Ivan Skobrev at SpeedSkatingStats.com
Ivan Skobrev at SSN.info
Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
Historical World Records. International Skating Union. Photos of Ivan Skobrev