Yevgeny Kulikov
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Native name | Евге́ний Кулико́в | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birth name | Yevgeny Nikolayevich Kulikov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Russian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | May 25, 1950 (1950-05-25) (age 74) Bogdanovich, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yevgeny Nikolayevich Kulikov (Russian: Евге́ний Никола́евич Кулико́в, born 25 May 1950 in Sverdlovsk Oblast) is a former speed skater who specialised in the sprint.
Yevgeny Kulikov trained at Burevestnik Voluntary Sports Society. Competing for the Soviet Union he became the first to break the 38 seconds barrier on the 500 m in 1975 and over the course of the next two weeks he lowered his own 500 m world record three more times, finishing with a time of 37.00, exactly one second below the previous world record. He would remain the 500 m world record holder for 8 years. For his achievements he received the 1975 Oscar Mathisen Award.
At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, he won gold on the 500 m despite the fact that he had a cold and a fever during his race. As the defending 500 m Olympic Champion and world record holder, he won silver at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, being beaten by Eric Heiden.
At the World Sprint Championships, Kulikov won silver in 1975 and bronze in 1977. In 1981, Kulikov lowered his own 500 m world record once more, becoming the first man to break the 37-second barrier.
Records
World records
Over the course of his career, Kulikov skated nine world records:
Discipline | Time | Date | Location |
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500 m | 37.99 | 15 March 1975 | ![]() |
500 m | 37.97 | 16 March 1975 | ![]() |
500 m | 37.20 | 28 March 1975 | ![]() |
500 m | 37.00 | 29 March 1975 | ![]() |
Sprint combination | 153.250 | 29 March 1975 | ![]() |
1000 m | 1:15.70 | 20 March 1976 | ![]() |
Sprint combination | 151.190 | 21 March 1976 | ![]() |
1000 m | 1:15.33 | 19 March 1977 | ![]() |
500 m | 36.91 | 28 March 1981 | ![]() |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[1]
Personal records
Event | Result | Date | Venue |
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500 m | 36.91 | 28 March 1981 | Medeo |
1000 m | 1:15.33 | 19 March 1977 | Medeo |
1500 m | 2:06.3 | 16 December 1977 | Medeo |
3000 m | 4:37.7 | 23 August 1981 | Leningrad |
References
- ^ "Jevgeni Koelikov". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- Yevgeny Kulikov at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Legends of Soviet Sport: Yevgeny Kulikov
External links
- Yevgeny Kulikov at the International Skating Union
- Yevgeny Kulikov at Olympics.com
- Yevgeny Kulikov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Preceded by | Oscar Mathisen Award 1975 | Succeeded by |
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- 1924:
Charles Jewtraw (USA)
- 1928:
Bernt Evensen (NOR)
1928:Clas Thunberg (FIN)
- 1932:
Jack Shea (USA)
- 1936:
Ivar Ballangrud (NOR)
- 1948:
Finn Helgesen (NOR)
- 1952:
Ken Henry (USA)
- 1956:
Yevgeny Grishin (URS)
- 1960:
Yevgeny Grishin (URS)
- 1964:
Terry McDermott (USA)
- 1968:
Erhard Keller (FRG)
- 1972:
Erhard Keller (FRG)
- 1976:
Yevgeny Kulikov (URS)
- 1980:
Eric Heiden (USA)
- 1984:
Sergey Fokichev (URS)
- 1988:
Uwe-Jens Mey (GDR)
- 1992:
Uwe-Jens Mey (GER)
- 1994:
Aleksandr Golubev (RUS)
- 1998:
Hiroyasu Shimizu (JPN)
- 2002:
Casey FitzRandolph (USA)
- 2006:
Joey Cheek (USA)
- 2010:
Mo Tae-bum (KOR)
- 2014:
Michel Mulder (NED)
- 2018:
Håvard Lorentzen (NOR)
- 2022:
Gao Tingyu (CHN)