Nina Statkevich

Nina Andreyevna Statkevich (Russian: Нина Андреевна Статкевич) (born 16 February 1944) is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union. Nina Statkevich trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad. She won many titles – she was World Allround Champion, European Allround Champion twice, Soviet Allround Champion four times, and Soviet Sprint Champion. She also competed at the Winter Olympics, but never managed to win an Olympic medal, a fifth place at the 1972 Olympics being her best result (on both 1000m and 3000m). An overview of medals won by Statkevich during important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each: Over the course of her career, Statkevich skated 2 world records on the -then still natural-...