Vadim Aleksandrovich Sayutin (russian: Вадим Александрович Саютин) (born 31 December 1970) is a former

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who represented the

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, the

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, and

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, in that order. Sayutin was born in Alma-Ata (now Almaty),

, the city where the famous

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skating rink is located. Sayutin performed best on the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m, which often kept him from winning medals during allround championships. However, he also managed to perform well on the 1,500 m a few times, resulting in a bronze medal at the 1998 European Allround Championships and a silver medal at the 1999 World Allround Championships. He participated in four

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, but never won any medals there. Sayutin started his speed skating career not long before the dissolution of the Soviet Union and so originally represented the Soviet Union. At the

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, he represented the Commonwealth of Independent States. After that, he represented Kazakhstan for two seasons. When he married Russian speed skater Svetlana Bazhanova in 1994, he started skating for Russia. During that time, he lived in the

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for several years, training at the Thialf arena in

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. After the 2002/2003 season, Sayutin ended his speed skating career.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Sayutin at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each. He participated at least once in all the championships that are listed.

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the ''WR'' column lists the official world records on the dates that Sayutin skated his personal records. Note that Sayutin's personal record on the ''big combination'' was not a world record because

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skated 152.651 at the same meet. Sayutin has an Adelskalender score of 151.571 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a fourth place.

References

Vadim Sayutin at SkateResults.com

Vadim Sayutin
''Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft e.V.'' (German Skating Association).
Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120205184935/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-181536-198754-94643-0-file,00.pdf Historical World Records ''International Skating Union''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sayutin, Vadim 1970 births Living people Soviet male speed skaters Kazakhstani male speed skaters Russian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Unified Team Olympic speed skaters for Kazakhstan Olympic speed skaters for Russia Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists Sportspeople from Almaty