Natalya Anatolyevna Petrusyova (; born 2 September 1955) is a former speed skater.

Short biography

Natalya Petrusyova trained at Burevestnik. Competing for the Soviet Union, Petrusyova was a very successful skater – once Olympic Champion (on the 1,000 m), twice World Allround Champion, once World Sprint Champion, twice European Allround Champion, three times Soviet Allround Champion, twice Soviet Sprint Champion, and ten-time world record holder.

Natalya Petrusyova

Petrusyova was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1980. After her speed skating career had ended, Petrusyova became the senior speed skating coach at the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports in Moscow. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she was the senior coach of the Russian speed skating team.

Natalya Petrusyova

She married Vladimir Komarov, a Soviet Olympic speed skater.

Natalya Petrusyova

Medals

An overview of medals won by Petrusyova at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

World records

Over the course of her career, Petrusyova skated ten world records:

Personal records

References

External links

Natalya Petrusyova at SkateResults.com

Personal records at Skatebase.com

1955 births

Living people

Russian female speed skaters

Soviet female speed skaters

Olympic speed skaters for the Soviet Union

Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union

Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union

Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics

Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople

Olympic medalists in speed skating

World record setters in speed skating

Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics

Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics

World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists

Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR