Natalya Fyodorovna Polozkova (née Kozlova; ; born 2 April 1972 in

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk; , is the administrative center and largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, seventh-largest city in Russia, with a population ...

) is a retired Russian

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 ...

. She competed at the 1992, 1994 and

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in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m events with the best achievement of fourth place in the 1500 m in 1992. In 1991 she won a European title in the 500 m as well as a gold medal at the

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in the 1500 m event. Personal bests: *500 m – 40.02 (1998) * 1000 m – 1:18.83 (1998) * 1500 m – 1:56.26 (2001) * 3000 m – 4:08.60 (2001) * 5000 m – 7:32.92 (1999) Polozkova graduated from the Ural Academy of Physical Education in 1994 and later studied for her PhD there. For 10 years she was married to Georgy Polozkov, the son of the famous Russian speed skater

Lidiya Skoblikova Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova (; born 8 March 1939) is a retired Russian speed skater and coach. She represented the USSR Olympic team during the Winter Olympic Games in 1960, 1964 and 1968, and won a total of six gold medals, a record she shares w ...

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1972 births Living people Olympic speed skaters for Russia Olympic speed skaters for the Unified Team Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Chelyabinsk FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Winter World University Games medalists in speed skating {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub