Yuri Valentinovich Sergeev (russian: Юрий Валентинович Сергеев, born 16 July 1925) is a 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. ...

who competed for 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 ...

in the

1956 Winter Olympics The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games ( it, VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 ( lld, Anpezo 1956 or ), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from ...

. He finished fourth in the 500 metres event. He was born in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

World records

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

References

Yuri Sergeev at SpeedSkatingStats.com

1925 births Living people Soviet male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters of the Soviet Union Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics World record setters in speed skating {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub