Viktor Ivanovich Kosichkin

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Viktor Kosichkin Speed ​​skating
Full name Viktor Ivanovich Kosichkin
nation Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
birthday February 25, 1938
place of birth Moshki
date of death March 30, 2012
Place of death Moscow
Career
discipline Speed ​​skating
Medal table
winter Olympics 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
M-World Championship medals 1 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
M-EM medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
gold Squaw Valley 1960 5000 m
silver Squaw Valley 1960 10,000 m
ISU All around world championships
silver Gothenburg 1961 All-around
gold Moscow 1962 All-around
silver Helsinki 1964 All-around
ISU All-around European Championships
gold Helsinki 1961 All-around
bronze Gothenburg 1965 All-around
 

Viktor Ivanovich Kosichkin ( Russian Виктор Иванович Косичкин ; born February 25, 1938 in Moschki ; † March 30, 2012 in Moscow ) was a Russian speed skater who started for the Soviet Union .

Kosichkin was all-around world champion in Moscow in 1962 . In 1961 and 1964 he won silver at the world championships.

At the 1960 Olympic Games in Squaw Valley , he won the gold medal over 5000 meters ahead of Knut Johannesen on his 22nd birthday . Two days later, the order was reversed over 10,000 meters and Kosichkin won the silver medal.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1960 Olympic Speed ​​Skating Champ Kosichkin Dies
personal data
SURNAME Kosichkin, Viktor Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kosichkin, Viktor; Косичкин, Виктор Иванович
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH February 25, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Moschki , Soviet Union (today: Russia )
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 2012