Vadim Shamilyevich Shakshakbayev (russian: Вадим Шамильевич Шакшакбаев; born 9 October 1971) is a former

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. ...

who represented the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

, the

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, and

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

, in that order. Shakshakbayev born in

Petropavl Petropavl ( kk, Петропавл, Petropavl ) or Petropavlovsk () is a city on the Ishim River in northern Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia. It is the capital of the North Kazakhstan Region. Population: 218,956. The city is also kno ...

, where he started his sporting career at the Dynamo Petropavl club. After the 1997–98 season, Shakshakbayev ended his speed skating career. He was a vice-president of Kazakhstan Engineering group until 2012. He also served as the president of the

Barys Astana Hockey Club Barys ( kk, Барыс хоккей клубы , translit=Barys Hokkei Kluby), also referred to as Barys Astana or HC Barys, is a professional ice hockey team based in Astana, Kazakhstan. It is one of the founding members of the Kontine ...

of the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

2012–13 KHL season The 2012–13 KHL season was the fifth season of the Kontinental Hockey League. The regular season began on 4 September with the Lokomotiv Cup between last year's finalists Dynamo Moscow and Avangard Omsk. For the first time, the league consisted ...

Personal records

References

External links

Vadim Shakshakbayev's Profile at the ISU

Vadim Shakshakbayev at the SpeedSkatingStats.com
1971 births Soviet male speed skaters Kazakhstani male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for the Unified Team Olympic speed skaters for Kazakhstan Speed skaters at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in speed skating Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Sportspeople from Petropavl Living people {{Kazakhstan-speed-skating-bio-stub