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Vladimir Grigorev
Personal information
Born (1982-08-08) 8 August 1982 (age 42)
Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country Ukraine (until 2007) /
 Russia (since 2007)
SportShort track speed skating
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 40.344 (2012, Former WR)
1000 m: 1:23.795 (2013)
1500 m: 2:11.514 (2018)
3000 m: 4:53.771 (2012)
Medal record
Men's short track speed skating
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi 5000 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sochi 1000 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Debrecen 5000 m relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Malmö 500m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Malmö 5000m relay
Gold medal – first place 2014 Debrecen 5000m relay
Gold medal – first place 2015 Dordrecht 5000m relay
Silver medal – second place 2011 Heerenveen 5000m relay
Silver medal – second place 2012 Mladá Boleslav 5000m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Malmö Overall
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Debrecen 500m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Debrecen 1000m
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Turin 5000m relay

Vladimir Viktorovich Grigorev (Russian: Владимир Викторович Григорьев; born 8 August 1982) is a Russian short track speed skater.[1] He previously competed for Ukraine.[2] Grigorev is from Sumy in Ukraine.[3]

Career

Grigorev competed for Ukraine in short track speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics,[2][4] and the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics.[2]

He did not compete at the 2010 Olympics,[4] and, in 2007, switched allegiance to Russia, due to a shortage of skating facilities in Ukraine.[3]

He qualified to compete for Russia at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. On 15 February 2014, he won a silver medal in the 1000m short track speedskating event, as part of the first Russian 1-2 finish in short track, with Viktor Ahn winning gold. With his silver, at 31 years and 191 days of age, Grigorev became the oldest man to win a short track Olympic medal.[5] On 21 February 2014, he won a gold medal in 5000m-relay as part of Team Russia.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Vladimir Grigorev". sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Julian Linden (15 February 2014). "Eight years on, Ahn returns to win gold for Russia". Reuters.
  3. ^ a b AFP (17 February 2014). "Russia's 'foreign legion' finally marches to medals". Channel NewsAsia.
  4. ^ a b "Vladimir's Profile". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
  5. ^ Beth Harris (15 February 2014). "Viktor Ahn wins 1st Olympic gold and 2nd short track medal for his adopted Russia". Yahoo Sports. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  6. ^ ESPN (21 February 2014). "Results Fri, Feb 21". Sochi 2014 Olympics. ESPN Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 2014-02-21.


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