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3 unusual facts about Igor Malkov


Igor Malkov

In 1984, he had his highest ranking on the Adelskalender when he was third, allowing only his fellow countrymen Viktor Shasherin and Andrey Bobrov before him.

Skating for the USSR, he became Olympic 10,000 m Champion at the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo, only 0.05 seconds ahead of Tomas Gustafson, becoming the youngest male Olympic champion in the history of Olympic speed skating at an age of 19 years and 9 days.

(The youngest female Olympic speedskater winner is American Anne Henning, who won the 500 m in 1972 at the age of 16.)



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