Gennady Andreyevich Voronin (; 6 September 1934 – 3 May 2004) was a Soviet

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long-track speed skating, short-track speed skating, and marath ...

. He competed in two events at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valley ...

Personal life

He was married to a skating champion

Inga Artamonova Inga Grigoryevna Artamonova (; 29 August 1936 – 4 January 1966Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 2) was a Soviet speed skater, the first four-time Allround World Champion in women's ...

. On 4 January 1966, he stabbed her in the heart, killing her. His claimed motive was jealousy. He was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment, and was released on parole after serving two.

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* 1934 births 2004 deaths Soviet male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Soviet Union Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Dzerzhinsk, Russia Soviet people convicted of murder Uxoricides Russian people convicted of murder Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Sportspeople convicted of crimes {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub