Yuri Matveevich Mikhailov

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Yuri Mikhailov

Juri Matwejewitsch Michailow ( Russian Юрий Матвеевич Михайлов , English transcription Yuriy Mikhaylov ; born July 25, 1930 in Ulitino , † July 15, 2008 in Tver ) was a Soviet speed skater .

At the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo , he set a world record over 1,500 m in 2: 08.6 minutes. He had to share the associated Olympic victory with his compatriot Yevgeny Grishin , who ran exactly the same time.

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SURNAME Mikhailov, Yuri Matveevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Михайлов, Юрий Матвеевич; Mikhaylov, Yuriy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulitino
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 2008
Place of death Tver