Dmitry Anatolyevich Dorofeyev (russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Дорофеев, born 13 November 1976) is a

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. ...

. Dorofeyev won a silver medal in the 500 m at the

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

. His second-place finish was Russia's first Olympic speed skating medal since 1994. He placed tenth in the 1,000 m event. Earlier that year, he won silver at the World Sprint Championships.

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* * * * 1976 births Living people Russian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of Russia Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Russia People from Kolomna Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub