Vladimir Viktorovich Grigorev (russian: Владимир Викторович Григорьев; born 8 August 1982) 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 ...

. He previously competed for

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. Grigorev is from

Sumy Sumy ( uk, Суми ) is a city of regional significance in Ukraine, and the capital of Sumy Oblast. The city is situated on the banks of the Psel River in northeastern Ukraine with a population of according to the 2021 census, making it the 23 ...

in Ukraine.

Career

Grigorev competed for Ukraine in short track speed skating at the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

, and the

2006 Torino Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

. He did not compete at the 2010 Olympics, and, in 2007, switched allegiance to Russia, due to a shortage of skating facilities in Ukraine. He qualified to compete for Russia at the

2014 Sochi Winter Olympics , ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'') , nations = 88 , events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , athletes = 2,873 , opening = 7 February 2014 , closing = 23 February 2014 , opened_by = President Vladimir Putin , cauldron = , stadium = Fisht Olympic ...

. On 15 February 2014, he won a silver medal in the 1000m short track speedskating event, as part of the first Russian 1-2 finish in short track, with

Viktor Ahn Viktor An (russian: Виктор Ан; born Ahn Hyun-soo ( ko, 안현수) on November 23, 1985),. is a South Korean-born Russian Short track speed skating, short-track speed skating coach and retired short-track speed skater. With a total of e ...

winning gold. With his silver, at 31 years and 191 days of age, Grigorev became the oldest man to win a short track Olympic medal. On 21 February 2014, he won a gold medal in 5000m-relay as part of Team Russia.

References

External links

Vladimir Grigorev's profile
from http://www.sochi2014.com; retrieved 2014-02-14.

1982 births Living people Russian male short track speed skaters Ukrainian male short track speed skaters Olympic short track speed skaters of Russia Olympic short track speed skaters of Ukraine Olympic medalists in short track speed skating Olympic gold medalists for Russia Olympic silver medalists for Russia Short track speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Ukrainian emigrants to Russia Naturalised citizens of Russia People from Shostka Sportspeople from Sumy Oblast {{Ukraine-speed-skating-bio-stub