Aleksandr Vyacheslavovich Golubev (russian: Александр Вячеславович Голубев, born 19 May 1972 in Karavaievo,

Kostroma Oblast Kostroma Oblast (russian: Костромска́я о́бласть, ''Kostromskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma and its population as of the 2021 Census is 580,97 ...

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speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

. Very surprisingly he came to the top in the 500 m in

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at the

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. He didn't place in the top three in any other international championship after that. He stands with one individual victory on 500 m in the World Cup from 1993.

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* * 1972 births Russian male speed skaters Olympic gold medalists for Russia 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 Living people People from Kostroma Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 1994 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Kostroma Oblast {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub