Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater)

Yevgeny Romanovich Grishin (Russian: Евгений Романович Гришин; born March 23, 1931 in Tula, † July 9, 2005 in Moscow) was a Soviet speed skater.

At the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d' Ampezzo, he asserted on his victories over 500 meters ( 40.2 seconds ) and 1,500 m ( 2:08,6 minutes ) each on world records. 1960 at the Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley Grishin won on these two distances again gold, the medal over 1500 meters but had to share with the contemporaneous Norwegian Roald Aas. As early as 1956 he had to win over this route to share with his fellow countryman Yuri Mikhailov, thus reaching a still valid today novelty at the Winter Olympics in an individual sport. At the Olympic Games 1964 in Innsbruck Grishin won the silver medal over 500 meters. In 1956 he was European champion in four-way battle.

Yevgeny Grishin was the first runner who had underbid more than 500 m, the 40 -second mark. His first spilled in Squaw Valley on February 28, 1960 record time of 39.6 seconds was not recognized as a world record. It was not until the end of January 1963, he scored on the path of medeo Alma-Ata in Kazakhstan with a time of 39.5 seconds set a world record, which was also officially endorsed by the World Association of ISU. From 1953 to 1966 Grishin also held the world record in the 1,000 m ( 1:22,8 minutes). On both routes succeeded him Erhard Keller from a world record holder.