- Pavel Pegov
Pavel Georgievich Pegov ( _ru. Павел Георгиевич Пегов) (born
29 November 1956 inMoscow ,Russian SFSR ) is a former speed skater who specialised in the shorter distances 500 metres and 1000 metres. He studied at the East Siberian Technological Institute and trained with Nina Bobrova, and later at the Armed Forces sports society. He peaked in 1983 when he broke fourworld record s.Skating for the
Soviet Union , Pavel Pegov finished second behindJapan ese skaterAkira Kuroiwa at the World Sprint Championships of 1983. In March that year, on theMedeo rink at Alma-Ata, he brokeYevgeny Kulikov 's two year old world record on the 500 m. On the 25th that month, he clocked 36.68, and a day later he sharpened the record to 36.57. That same weekend, he raced a perfect 1,000 m – setting a legendary world record time of 1:12.58. He was the first speed skater who skated the 1,000 m in less than 1 minute and 13 seconds and, althoughIgor Zhelezovski managed to equal this time six years later, Pegov's world record would stand undefeated for over ten years;Kevin Scott clocked 1:12.54 inCalgary 19 December 1993 . His four Medeo races of 36.68, 1:12.58, 36.57, and 1:14.83 gave him another world record – the sprint combinationsamalog ue point sum 146.955. This record lasted untilIgor Zhelezovski very narrowly improved it to 146.945 inHeerenveen in February 1989.Pegov never regained his eminence after 1983, finishing only 13th in the 1,000 m at the
1984 Winter Olympics . A few weeks after the Olympics, he finished second, behindSergey Khlebnikov , at the Soviet Sprint Championships. In 1985, Pegov retired as an elite speed skater.World records
Over the course of his career, Pegov skated four world records:
Personal records
Pegov has an
Adelskalender score of 163.570 points.References
* [http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/831 Pavel Pegov at SkateResults.com]
* [http://www.sskating.com/index.php?name=PEGOV&fname=Pavel&nat=URS&lm=m Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database]
* [http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-181536-198754-94643-0-file,00.pdf Historical World Records] . "International Skating Union".
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