Lidiya Skoblikova is a retired Russian speed skater born in 1939 in Zlatoust who competed at three Winter Olympics, in 1960, 1964 and 1968. She won six career gold medals, a record she shares with Dutch speed skater Ireen Wust, taking gold in the 1500 and 3000 meters at the 1960 Squaw Valley Games and sweeping all four events, 500, 1000, 1500 and 3000 meters, at the 1964 Innsbruck Games. She was the first athlete to win six Winter Olympic gold medals and the first to win four at a single Winter Games, and won 25 gold medals and two world all-round titles, in 1963 and 1964, at the World Championships. After retiring in 1969 she earned a PhD in history and served twelve years as president of the Russian Skating Federation.
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Career HighlightWon six career gold medals across the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics, a record she shares with Ireen Wust, and was the first athlete to win four gold medals at a single Winter Olympic Games. 1 Classification
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What did Lidiya Skoblikova do after her skating career ended?
She became a coach in Moscow and later led the Russian Skating Federation for twelve years.
After her competitive career Lidiya Skoblikova moved to Moscow and worked as a speed skating coach with Lokomotiv Moskva. In 1983, while a member of the Soviet National Olympic Committee, she received the Olympic Order in Silver from the International Olympic Committee. She later served twelve years as president of the Russian Skating Federation, was head coach of the Russian national speed skating team in the 1990s, and in 1996 was inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.
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Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova (Russian: Лидия Павловна Скобликова; born 8 March 1939) is a retired Russian speed skater and coach.
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She was also the first athlete to earn six gold medals in the Winter Olympics and the first to earn four gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games.
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She was also the first athlete to earn six gold medals in the Winter Olympics and the first to earn four gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games.
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She was also the first athlete to earn six gold medals in the Winter Olympics and the first to earn four gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games.
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She was also the first athlete to earn six gold medals in the Winter Olympics and the first to earn four gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games.
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Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova (Russian: Лидия Павловна Скобликова; born 8 March 1939) is a retired Russian speed skater and coach.
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Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova (Russian: Лидия Павловна Скобликова; born 8 March 1939) is a retired Russian speed skater and coach.
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She was the most successful athlete at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, sharing the honour for 1960 Games with her compatriot Yevgeny Grishin.
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