Vera Vladimirovna Bryndzei (russian: Вера Владимировна Брындзей, uk, Віра Володимирівна Бриндзей) (born 25 January 1952 in
Ivano-Frankivsk,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
) is a former
speed skater
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...
who competed for the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
.
Skating for
Dynamo
"Dynamo Electric Machine" (end view, partly section, )
A dynamo is an electrical generator that creates direct current using a commutator. Dynamos were the first electrical generators capable of delivering power for industry, and the foundati ...
Kiev, Vera Bryndzei won a silver medal at the Soviet Sprint Championships in 1975. She would eventually win two more national medals, both at the Soviet Allround Championships: silver in 1977 and bronze in 1978.
Bryndzei made her first international appearance in 1976 at the
World Allround Championships in
Gjøvik where she finished 16th. Her only international success came the next year when Bryndzei became the 1977 World Allround Champion in
Keystone. She also participated in the
World Sprint Championships two weeks later, finishing 23rd. In 1978, Bryndzei did not successfully defend her World Champion title, finishing in a disappointing 14th place. At the
1980 Winter Olympics
The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States.
Lake Placid was elected ...
of
Lake Placid, she competed in the 1,500 m, resulting in an 18th place.
Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the ''WR'' column lists the official world records on the dates that Bryndzei skated her personal records.
Note that the 5,000 m was suspended as a world record event at the 1955 ISU (
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, N ...
) Congress and was reinstated at the 1982 ISU Congress.
Bryndzei has an
Adelskalender score of 181.847 points.
References
Vera Bryndzei at SkateResults.comPersonal 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''.
External links
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1952 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ivano-Frankivsk
Ukrainian female speed skaters
Soviet female speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for the Soviet Union
Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists