Natalya Fyodorovna Polozkova (née Kozlova; russian: Наталья Фёдоровна Полозкова (Козлова); born 2 April 1972 in

Chelyabinsk Chelyabinsk ( rus, Челя́бинск, p=tɕɪˈlʲæbʲɪnsk, a=Ru-Chelyabinsk.ogg; ba, Силәбе, ''Siläbe'') is the administrative center and largest city of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. It is the seventh-largest city in Russia, with a ...

) is a retired Russian

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. ...

. She competed at the 1992, 1994 and

1998 Winter Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m events with the best achievement of fourth place in the 1500 m in 1992. In 1991 she won a European title in the 500 m as well as a gold medal at the

Universiade The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The name is a portmanteau of the words "University" and " Olympiad". The Universiade is referred ...

in the 1500 m event. Personal bests: *500 m – 40.02 (1998) * 1000 m – 1:18.83 (1998) * 1500 m – 1:56.26 (2001) * 3000 m – 4:08.60 (2001) * 5000 m – 7:32.92 (1999) Polozkova graduated from the Ural Academy of Physical Education in 1994 and later studied for her PhD there. For 10 years she was married to Georgy Polozkov, the son of the famous Russian speed skater

Lidiya Skoblikova Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova (russian: Лидия Павловна Скобликова; born 8 March 1939) is a retired Russian speed skater and coach. She represented the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960, 1964 and 196 ...

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1972 births Living people 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 Sportspeople from Chelyabinsk FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade medalists in speed skating {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub