Ivan Skobrev


Ivan Aleksandrovich Skobrev is a Russian speed skater.

Career

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the bronze medal in the Speed skating at the [2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 meters] as well as the silver medal in the 10000 meters. He is the 2011 European [Speed Skating Championships for Men|European] and World Allround Champion.
At the 2006 European Championships he finished in fifth place. He qualified for four distances for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He finished eleventh in the Speed skating at the [2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5000 meters], sixth in the 1500 metres|1500] and 10000 meters and fifth in the team pursuit.
In December 2017, he was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, after doping offences at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The ban was subsequently overturned on appeal to the court of arbitration for sport.
He appeared in the fifth and ninth season of ice show contest Ice Age.

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Skobrev skated his personal records.
EventResultDateVenueWRComments
500 m35.9012 February 2011Calgary34.30World Allround Championships
1000 m1:10.7110 November 2012Kolomna1:06.42Russia Cup
1500 m1:42.9413 February 2011Calgary1:42.32WAC; National record until 2013-11-15
3000 m3:38.262 November 2013Calgary3:37.28Time trials
5000 m6:08.7717 November 2013Salt Lake City6:03.322013–14 [ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 2|World Cup]; Current national record
10000 m12:58.3613 February 2011Calgary12:41.69WAC; National record until 2017-11-19
Big combination146.23013 February 2011Calgary145.561WAC; Current national record

With a score of 146.008 points, Skobrev is in 10th place on the Adelskalender as of March 10, 2019. He was in fifth place most of the time from February 12, 2011, to December 3, 2017.