Vladimir Viktorovich Grigorev (; born 8 August 1982) is a Russian

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice skating, ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the s ...

. He previously competed for

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

. Grigorev is from

Sumy Sumy (, , ) is a city in northeastern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel (river), Psel River and has a population of making it the 23rd-largest in the country. The city ...

in Ukraine.

Career

Grigorev competed for Ukraine in short track speed skating at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 (; Gosiute dialect, Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; ; Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), were an international wi ...

, and the

2006 Torino Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter Oly ...

. He did not compete at the 2010 Olympics, and, in 2007, switched allegiance to Russia, due to a shortage of skating facilities in Ukraine. He qualified to compete for Russia at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. On 15 February 2014, he won a silver medal in the 1000m short track speedskating event, as part of the first Russian 1-2 finish in short track, with

Viktor Ahn Viktor An (; born Ahn Hyun-soo () on November 23, 1985),. is a South Korean-born Russian short-track speed skating coach and retired short-track speed skater. With a total of eight Olympic medals, six gold and two bronze, he is the only short t ...

winning gold. With his silver, at 31 years and 191 days of age, Grigorev became the oldest man to win a short track Olympic medal. On 21 February 2014, he won a gold medal in 5000m-relay as part of Team Russia.

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* 1982 births Living people Russian male short-track speed skaters Ukrainian male short-track speed skaters Olympic short-track speed skaters for Russia Olympic short-track speed skaters for Ukraine Olympic medalists in short-track speed skating Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Short-track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Naturalized citizens of Russia People from Shostka Sportspeople from Sumy Oblast World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Ukraine-speed-skating-bio-stub