Pavel Kulizhnikov
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Kulizhnikov in 2016
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| Full name | Pavel Aleksandrovich Kulizhnikov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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20 April 1994 Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia |
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| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup wins | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Russia
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| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 14 November 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dmitry Dorofeyev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pavel Aleksandrovich Kulizhnikov (Russian: Павел Александрович Кулижников; born 20 April 1994) is a Russian speed skater. He won the men's 500 metres event at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships as well as the 2015 World Sprint Championships, becoming the youngest winner since speed skating icon Eric Heiden of the United States. In 2015, he became the first speed skater to finish the 500 meter in under 34 seconds with a world record of 33.98. Kulizhnikov is also the current holder of the Russian 1000 m record. At the 2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships, Kulizhnikov won the men's 500 m lapses and 1000 m, becoming the first man to win 500m and 1000m gold at the same speed skating World Single Distances Championships.
Kulizhnikov was a talented junior and prodigy, winning numerous of the Junior World Cup in the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 seasons. At the 2012 World Junior Championships in Obihiro, Japan, then 17-year-old Kulizhnikov won gold in the 1000 meters and bronze in the 500 meters but was later disqualified from the results for a doping violation and suspended for two years ending his quest to compete at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Kulizhnikov stated that methylhexanamine was found in his body because of a nasal spray for colds.
After a two-year doping suspension, Kulizhnikov debuted in his first World Cup series in the 2014/2015, he started his competition in Obihiro taking gold in 1000 meters and silver in 500 meters. He won a total of 3 gold at the 2014–15 World Cup men's 1000 meters and 8 gold in 2014–15 World Cup men's 500 metres. He won gold at the 2015 World Single Distance Championships in 500 meters, as well as the 2015 World Sprint Championships, 18 years later since the last Russian Sergey Klevchenya won Sprint. He is also the youngest speed skater to win since speed skating Icon Eric Heiden of the United States. Kulizhnikov withdrew from the last leg of the World Cup series of the season nursing a back injury, his teammate Ruslan Murashov won the final event of the series in 500 meters in Erfurt, Germany. Kulizhnikov took 1st place in the overall ranking in the men's speed skating for 500 m and 1000 m in the 2014/15 World Cup Series. He underwent back treatment in the first half of the season.
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