Nataliya Petrusyova

Natalya Petrusyova

Natalya Petrusyova in 1982
Personal information
Born	(1955-09-02) 2 September 1955 (age 61) Pavlovsky Posad, Soviet Union
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Club	Burevestnik Moscow
Medal record Women's Speed Skating Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Lake Placid 500 m 1980 Lake Placid 1,000 m 1984 Sarajevo 1,000 m 1984 Sarajevo 1,500 m World Allround Championships 1980 Hamar Allround 1981 Sainte-Foy Allround 1979 The Hague Allround 1982 Inzell Allround

Natalya Anatolyevna Petrusyova (Russian: Ната́лья Анато́льевна Петрусёва; born 2 September 1955) is a former speed skater.

Natalya Petrusyova trained at Burevestnik. Competing for the Soviet Union, Petrusyova was a very successful skater – once Olympic Champion (on the 1,000 m), twice World Allround Champion, once World Sprint Champion, twice European Allround Champion, three times Soviet Allround Champion, twice Soviet Sprint Champion, and ten-time world record holder.

Petrusyova was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1980. After her speed skating career had ended, Petrusyova became the senior speed skating coach at the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports in Moscow. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she was the senior coach of the Russian speed skating team.

She married Vladimir Komarov, a Soviet Olympic speed skater.

An overview of medals won by Petrusyova at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

Over the course of her career, Petrusyova skated ten world records: