Lyudmila Vyacheslavovna Prokasheva (, born 23 January 1969 in

Pavlodar Pavlodar (; ; ) is a city in northeastern Kazakhstan and the capital of Pavlodar Region. It is located northeast of the national capital Astana and southeast of the Russian city of Omsk along the Irtysh River. In 2010, the city had a popul ...

Kazakh SSR The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, also known as Soviet Kazakhstan, the Kazakh SSR, KSSR, or simply Kazakhstan, was one of the transcontinental constituent republics of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1936 to 1991. Located in northern Centr ...

) is a former

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 ...

. Representing Kazakhstan, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the 1998 5000 metres. In 1995, she won a silver medal in the

World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Women since 1936. Unofficial championships were held in the years 1933–1935. History Distances used * In the years 1933–1935, three distances wer ...

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* * * * * 1969 births Living people Kazakhstani female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Kazakhstan Olympic speed skaters for the Unified Team Olympic bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Olympic medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Asian Games medalists in speed skating Speed skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Sportspeople from Pavlodar Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists {{Kazakhstan-speed-skating-bio-stub