Klara Ivanovna Guseva
Klara Ivanovna Gussewa ( Russian Клара Ивановна Гусева , married Нестерова / Nesterowa ; born March 8, 1937 in Pitschersk, Tambov Oblast ; † May 12, 2019 in Moscow ) was a Russian speed skater.
She was the first ever gold medalist in speed skating over 1000 meters at the Olympic Games. She won the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley .
On May 12, 2019, she was hit by a car while crossing a street and succumbed to her injuries.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Klara Ivanovna Guseva in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Statistics at speed skating news
1960: Klara Gussewa | 1964: Lidija Skoblikowa | 1968: Carolina Geijssen | 1972: Monika Pflug | 1976: Tatjana Awerina | 1980: Natalja Petrusjowa | 1984: Karin Enke | 1988: Christa Rothenburger | 1992: Bonnie Blair | 1994: Bonnie Blair | 1998: Marianne Timmer | 2002: Chris Witty | 2006: Marianne Timmer | 2010: Christine Nesbitt | 2014: Zhang Hong | 2018: Jorien ter Mors
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| SURNAME | Gusewa, Klara Ivanovna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Гусева, Клара Ивановна (Russian); Nesterowa, Klara Ivanovna (maiden name); Нестерова, Клара Ивановна (birth name Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian speed skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pitschersk, Tambov Oblast |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 2019 |
| Place of death | Moscow |