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Nikolai Panin 
Panin in 1908.Personal information Full name Nikolay Aleksandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin Born January 8, 1872
Khrenovoye, near VoronezhDied January 19, 1956 (aged 83)
LeningradMedal recordCompetitor for 
RussiaMen's Figure skating Olympic Games Gold 1908 London Special figures World Championships Silver 1903 St. Petersburg Men's singles European Championships Silver 1908 Warsaw Men's singles Bronze 1904 Davos Men's singles Olympic medal record Competitor for RussiaMen's Figure skating Gold 1908 London Special figures Nikolay Aleksandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin, (Russian: Николай Александрович Панин-Коломенкин, 8 January 1872 [27 December 1871 O.S.] – 19 January 1956 in Leningrad) was a Russian figure skater and coach. He won the gold medal in special figures in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Panin was Russia's first Olympic champion.[1][2] He was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2009.[3]
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Biography
Panin was born in Khrenovoye, Voronezh and died in St. Petersburg.
Despite having a weak constitution, Panin was very active and took part in rowing, cycling, athletics and gymnastics. While studying mathematics at Saint Petersburg University in 1897, he took part in a figure skating competition, albeit unsuccessfully. To improve, he developed a technique of wrapping towels around his feet to weigh them down and improve his balance, thus preventing falls. It was at this time that he took the nickname "Panin" on to evade the mockery of his fellow students, at a time when many athletes were adopting nicknames. He competed under the name "Nikolay Panin", though most Russian sources now hyphenate his surname to "Panin-Kolomenkin".
Two men's skating events were contested at the 1908 Summer Olympics: single skating and special figures. Panin won the special figures event and competed, but did not finish, in the singles event. 1908 was the only year in which special figures was an Olympic event. Panin also competed in the 1903 World Championships, placing second behind Salchow.
Panin was a prominent figure skating coach both before and after his win at the Olympics. He even helped train his rivals during his own competitive career. He wrote several biographical and reference books, the first of which appeared in 1910. He was also a judge at international competitions.
Panin also competed as a shooter. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he placed 8th in 50 metre pistol competition.
Panin was also one of the first to be ranked in a sport classification system, a precursor to the Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR. Several of his students also won ratings.[4]
In 1993 Russia issued a 50 ruble gold coin commemorating Russia's first gold medal. Panin appears alongside the Olympic rings and flame, a laurel branch, and a winged ice skate.[5]
2008 Cup of Russia poster: "100 years since the first gold Olympic medal".
Competitive highlights
Illustration of special figures by PaninSingle skating highlights
Event 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 Olympic Games DNF World Championships 2nd European Championships 3rd 2nd Russian Championships 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st - DNF = Did not finish
Special figures highlights
Event 1908 Olympic Games 1st See also
- Image of more Panin special figures
- Russia at the 1908 Summer Olympics
References
- ^ The skating philosophy of Alexei Nikolaevich Mishin, accessed June 30, 2006
- ^ Athens 2004 Background, accessed June 30, 2006
- ^ Elliott, Helene (March 13, 2009). "Brian Orser heads list of World Figure Skating Hall of Fame inductees". Los Angeles Times. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/03/brian-orser-hea.html. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
- ^ The Rungs of Prowess: An Introduction to the Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR, By Nina Shkolnikova, accessed June 30, 2006.
- ^ The Series: The Olympic Century of Russia, First Gold Medal, Accessed June 30, 2006.
External links
Russian champions in figure skating – Men's singles 1897—1900: Alexandr Nikitich Panshin • 1901-1905: Nikolai Panin • 1906: Fedor Datlin • 1907: Nikolai Panin • 1908: Fedor Datlin • 1910-1912: Karl Ollo • 1913-1914: Ivan Malinin • 1993-1996: Alexei Urmanov • 1997—1998: Ilia Kulik • 1999—2002: Evgeni Plushenko • 2003: Alexander Abt • 2004-2006: Evgeni Plushenko • 2007: Andrei Griazev • 2008—2009: Sergei Voronov • 2010: Evgeni Plushenko • 2011: Konstantin Menshov
Categories:- 1870s births
- 1956 deaths
- Russian male single skaters
- Olympic figure skaters of Russia
- Figure skaters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Russian sport shooters
- Olympic shooters of Russia
- Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Russia
- Saint Petersburg State University alumni
- People from Voronezh Oblast
- Olympic medalists in figure skating
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