Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko

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Oleg Goncharenko Speed ​​skating
Oleg Goncharenko in Helsinki in 1953
Full name Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko
nation Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
birthday August 18, 1931
place of birth Kharkiv, Soviet Union
date of death December 16, 1986
Place of death Moscow
Career
discipline Speed ​​skating
Medal table
winter Olympics 0 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
M-World Championship medals 3 × gold 2 × silver 0 × bronze
M-EM medals 2 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 5000 m
bronze Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 10,000 m
ISU All around world championships
gold Helsinki 1953 All-around
silver Sapporo 1954 All-around
silver Moscow 1955 All-around
gold Oslo 1956 All-around
gold Helsinki 1958 All-around
ISU All-around European Championships
silver Falun 1955 All-around
gold Oslo 1957 All-around
gold Eskilstuna 1958 All-around
 

Oleg Georgievich Goncharenko ( Russian Олег Георгиевич Гончаренко ; born August 18, 1931 in Kharkiv , † December 16, 1986 in Moscow ) was a Soviet speed skater .

Career

Goncharenko became the Soviet Union's first speed skater to become the all- around world champion when he made his international debut in Helsinki in 1953 . In 1954 and 1955 he won the silver medal before he was able to win his second title in Oslo in 1956 . 1958 in Helsinki he won for the third and last time at world championships . In 1957 and 1958 he was also European champion .

At the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo , Goncharenko won the bronze medal over 5000 meters and 10,000 meters.

Personal bests

route time date place
500 m 42.2 sec 4th January 1960 Medeo
1500 m 2: 11.6 min February 28, 1960 Squaw Valley
5000 m 7: 57.5 min January 29, 1956 Misurina lake
10,000 m 16: 36.4 min January 21, 1956 Davos

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personal data
SURNAME Goncharenko, Oleg Georgievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Гончаренко, Олег Георгиевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet speed skater
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Kharkiv
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 1986
Place of death Moscow