Oleg Goncharenko

Oleg Goncharenko Georgjewitsch (Russian Олег Георгиевич Гончаренко; born August 18, 1931 in Kharkiv, † December 16, 1986 in Moscow) was a Soviet speed skater.

Career

Goncharenko was already on his international debut in 1953 in Helsinki as the first skaters of the Soviet Union all-around world champion. 1954 and 1955 he won the silver medal each, before he could win his second title in 1956 in Oslo. 1958 in Helsinki he won for the third and final time at the World Championships. In the years 1957 and 1958 he also became European champion.

At the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d' Ampezzo Goncharenko won over 5000 meters and 10,000 meters bronze medal.

Personal Best

Winter Olympic Games World All-Round Speed Skating Championships European Speed Skating Championships Medeo Davos Jaap Eden Jack McCulloch Sigurd Mathisen Coen de Koning Oscar Mathisen Roald Larsen Bernt Evensen Michael Staksrud Hans Engnestangen Birger Wasenius Lassi Parkkinen Odd Lundberg Hjalmar Andersen Boris Shilkov Knut Johannesen Henk van der Grift Jonny Nilsson Per Ivar Moe Fred Anton Maier Harm Kuipers Piet Kleine Hilbert van der Duim Hein Vergeer Nikolay Gulyayev Eric Flaim Leo Visser Johann Olav Koss Roberto Sighel Falko Zandstra Rintje Ritsma Ids Postma Gianni Romme Jochem Uytdehaage Chad Hedrick Shani Davis Sven Kramer
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