Viktoriya Troytskaya (née ''Taranina'', russian: Виктория Тройцкая, née Таранина; born April 18, 1969) is a Russian

short track speed skater Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as a ...

who competed for the Unified Team in the

1992 Winter Olympics ) , nations = 64 , athletes = 1,801 (1313 men, 488 women) , events = 57 in 6 sports (12 disciplines) , opening = 8 February 1992 , closing = 23 February 1992 , opened_by = President François Mitterrand , cauldron ...

and for

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in the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

. In 1992 she was a member of the relay team for the Unified Team which won the bronze medal in the 3000 metre relay competition. In the 500 m event she finished 17th. Two years later she finished fifth with the Russian relay team in the 3000 metre relay contest. In the 500 m competition she finished 20th and in the 1000 m event she finished 29th.

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1969 births Living people Russian female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters of the Unified Team Soviet female short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters of Russia Short track speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Russian female speed skaters Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub