Ivan Skobrev

Ivan Aleksandrovich Skobrev (Russian: Иван Александрович Скобрев; born 8 February 1983 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian speed skater.

Ivan Skobrev

Skobrev in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	Russian
Born	(1983-02-08) 8 February 1983 (age 41) Khabarovsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	2002
Coached by	Maurizio Marchetto
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 35.90 (2011) 1000 m: 1:10.88 (2007) 1500 m: 1:42.94 (2011) 3000 m: 3:44.92 (2005) 5000 m: 6:10.58 (2009) 10 000 m: 12:58.36 (2011)
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  Russia Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver 10000 m 2010 Vancouver 5000 m World Allround Championships 2011 Calgary Allround World Single Distance Championships 2012 Heerenveen 1500 m 2011 Inzell 5000 m 2011 Inzell 10000 m 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2013 Sochi 1500 m 2013 Sochi 5000 m European Championships 2011 Collalbo Allround 2010 Hamar Allround Winter Universiade 2007 Turin 5000 m 2007 Turin Team pursuit

Career

Skobrev at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the bronze medal in the 5000 meters as well as the silver medal in the 10000 meters. He is the 2011 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 5000 meters, sixth in the 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.^[1] The ban was subsequently overturned on appeal to the court of arbitration for sport (CAS).^[2]

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.

Event	Result	Date	Venue	WR	Comments
500 m	35.90	12 February 2011	Calgary	34.30	World Allround Championships
1000 m	1:10.71	10 November 2012	Kolomna	1:06.42	Russia Cup
1500 m	1:42.94	13 February 2011	Calgary	1:42.32	WAC; National record until 2013-11-15 [3]
3000 m	3:38.26	2 November 2013	Calgary	3:37.28	Time trials (skated in quartet style)
5000 m	6:08.77	17 November 2013	Salt Lake City	6:03.32	World Cup; Current national record [4]
10000 m	12:58.36	13 February 2011	Calgary	12:41.69	WAC; National record until 2017-11-19 [5]
Big combination	146.230	13 February 2011	Calgary	145.561	WAC; Current national record[6]

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.^[7]

References

1. "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
2. "28 Russian Winter Olympics athletes have bans overturned by Court of Arbitration for Sport". The Australian. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
3. History of Russian national records on the 1500 m at Speedskatingresults.com
4. Skobrev broke the national record 4 times between Match 2009 and November 2013. See: History of Russian national records on the 10,000 m at Speedskatingresults.com
5. History of Russian national records on the 10,000 m at Speedskatingresults.com
6. Evert Stenlund, All Time Best Combination Results
7. "Evolution of Adelskalendern since 1 July 2009". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 25 August 2012.

External links

• Ivan Skobrev at Olympics.com
• Ivan Skobrev at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Ivan Skobrev at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Ivan Skobrev at SSN.info
• Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
• Historical World Records. International Skating Union.
• Photos of Ivan Skobrev