Gennady Andreyevich Voronin (russian: Геннадий Андреевич Воро́нин; 6 September 1934 – 3 May 2004) was a Soviet

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. ...

. He competed in two events at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...

Personal life

He was married to a skating champion

Inga Artamonova Inga Grigoryevna Artamonova (russian: И́нга Григо́рьевна Артамо́нова; 29 August 1936 – 4 January 1966Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 2) was a Soviet s ...

. On 4 January 1966, he stabbed her in the heart, killing her. His claimed motive was jealousy. He was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment, and was released on parole after serving two.

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* 1934 births 2004 deaths Soviet male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for the Soviet Union Speed skaters at the 1960 Winter Olympics People from Dzerzhinsk, Russia Soviet people convicted of murder Uxoricides Russian people convicted of murder Sportspeople from Nizhny Novgorod Oblast Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub