Dmitry Sakunenko (russian: Дмитрий Сакуненко; 7 January 1930 – 13 September 2014) was a Russian Soviet
speed skater
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.
At an international meet at
Medeo
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9–10 January 1955, Sakunenko was the first person to skate the 5000-m below eight minutes, with 7:54.9. In a later pair,
Boris Shilkov
Boris Arsenyevich Shilkov (russian: Борис Арсеньевич Шилков; 28 June 1927 – 29 June 2015) was a speed skater.
Skating career
Competing for the Soviet Union, Shilkov lived in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), where ...
improved this world record to 7:45.6. On this occasion Sakunenko set a new
samalog
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ue world record with the series 42.6, 7:54.9, 2:13.0, 16:44.3 (184.638 points). This record lasted until 1963. Sakunenko competed in the
1956 Olympics 1956 Olympics refers to both:
*The 1956 Winter Olympics, which were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
*The 1956 Summer Olympics
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, two world championships and three European championships, with a bronze from the European championships 1955 being his best result.
World records
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[
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References
1930 births
2014 deaths
Russian male speed skaters
Soviet male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters of the Soviet Union
Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics
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