Boris Arsenyevich Shilkov

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Boris Shilkov Speed ​​skating
Europese kampioenschappen schaatsen heren allround in Davos. Europees kampioen B, inventory number 906-2904.jpg
Full name Boris Arsenyevich Shilkov
nation Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
birthday June 28, 1927
place of birth Arkhangelsk
date of death June 27, 2015
Place of death St. Petersburg
Career
society Avangard Leningrad
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
World Cup medals 1 × gold 2 × silver 1 × bronze
EM medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold Cort. d'Ampezzo 1956 5000 m
ISU All around world championships
silver Helsinki 1953 All-around
gold Sapporo 1954 All-around
bronze Moscow 1955 All-around
silver Ostersund 1957 All-around
ISU All-around European Championships
gold Davos 1954 All-around
 

Boris Arsenjewitsch Schilkow ( Russian Борис Арсеньевич Шилков , scientific transliteration Boris Arsen'evič Šilkov ; born June 28, 1927 in Arkhangelsk ; † June 27, 2015 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Soviet speed skater .

In 1954 Schilkow was both world and European champions in the all- around competition. In the following year he set a world record over 5000 meters by breaking the previous best time by 18 seconds. This made him the first speed skater to run this distance in under 8 minutes. At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo , he was Olympic champion over 5000 meters.

Despite his impressive performance on the 5000 meter distance, Schilkow had weaknesses on the 10,000 meters, which cost him titles, such as the World Championships in 1953, 1955 and 1957, where he was in the lead after three distances.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Death report in the newspaper "Sankt-Peterburgskije vedomosti" (Russian)

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personal data
SURNAME Schilkow, Boris Arsenjewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Шилков, Борис Арсеньевич (Russian); Šilkov, Boris Arsen'evič (scientific transliteration); Shilkov, Boris Arsenyevich (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Arkhangelsk , Soviet Union (now Russia )
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 2015
Place of death St. Petersburg