Inga Artamonova

Inga Grigoryevna Artamonova, born on 29 August 1936 and died on 4 January 1966, was a Soviet speed skater and the first four-time Allround World Champion in the history of women's speed skating. After her marriage in 1959 to fellow skater Gennady Voronin she was also known as Inga Voronina. She began as a rower, became a Master of Sports of the USSR, and then turned to skating for Dynamo in Moscow. She won the World Allround Championships in 1957, 1958, 1962 and 1965, was five times Soviet Allround Champion and set several world records, including four in two days in 1962. She won the Kirov Prize in every edition from 1958 to 1965.