Natalya Petrusyova


Natalya Anatolyevna Petrusyova was a Soviet speed skater.

Biography

Natalya Petrusyova trained at Burevestnik. Competing for the Soviet Union, Petrusyova was a very successful skater - once Olympic Champion, 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.
She 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.
Petrusyova married Vladimir Komarov, a Soviet Olympic speed skater. She died on 28 November 2025, at the age of 70.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Petrusyova at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:
ChampionshipsGold medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics1980 -1980
1984
1984
World Allround1980
1981		19791982
World Sprint198219831981
European Allround1981
1982		-1983
Soviet Allround1980
1981
1982		-1979
Soviet Sprint1980
1981		1979
1984		-

World records

Over the course of her career, Petrusyova skated ten world records:
EventResultDateVenue
1,000 m1:23.0127 March 1980Medeo
Mini combination173.43427 March 1980Medeo
1,500 m2:06.013 January 1981Medeo
Mini combination171.1494 January 1981Medeo
1,500 m2:05.3927 March 1981Medeo
1,000 m1:20.8128 March 1981Medeo
1,500 m2:04.0425 March 1983Medeo
1,000 m1:19.3126 March 1983Medeo
Mini combination168.27126 March 1983Medeo
Mini combination166.68228 March 1983Medeo