Lyubov Ivanovna Sadchikova (russian: Любовь Ивановна Садчикова; 22 September 1951 – 22 November 2012)Lyubov Sadchikova's obituary
was a Soviet

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 won the all-round world championship in 1978. In 1975, she set a world record in 500 m. Next year, she finished sixth in the same event at the

1976 Winter Olympics The 1976 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XII Olympic Winter Games (german: XII. Olympische Winterspiele, french: XIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1976 ( bar, Innschbruck 1976, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a ...

. She won five national titles in 500 m (1975, 1978) and 1000 m (1974, 1976, 1977) and finished second four times, in all-round (1976, 1974, 1977) and 500 m (1973). In 1974 and 1976 she was third in 500 m. She graduated from an Institute of Physical Education in Samara. Personal bests: *500 m – 40.84 (1978) *1000 m – 1:23.80 (1976) *1500 m – 2:13.76 (1976) *3000 m – 5:02.50 (1976)

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1951 births 2012 deaths Olympic speed skaters for the Soviet Union Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Soviet female speed skaters Universiade medalists in speed skating Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1972 Winter Universiade {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub