Igor Zhelezovski

Igor Nikolayevich Schelesowski (Russian Игорь Николаевич Железовский, Belarusian Ігар Жалязоўскі / Ihar Schaljasouski; born July 1, 1963 in Orsha, Belarus ) is a former speed skater, who at international competitions until 1991 for the Soviet Union in 1992 for its successor organization the Commonwealth of Independent States, and then competed for Belarus.

He is one of the most successful sprinter in speed skating at all and because of its success was the nickname " Igor the Terrible ". He was six times sprint world champion. This brand is unsurpassed to this day.

In Olympic Games, he won over 1000 meters only at the Winter Games in Calgary in 1988 and bronze in 1994 in Lillehammer silver.

After the Winter Games in Lillehammer, he finished his career and later became president of the White Russian Speed ​​Skating Association.