Valery Ivanovich Meshkov (Russian: Валерий Иванович Мешков; 9 August 1945 – 28 October 2024) was a figure skater who competed for the Soviet Union. He was the 1964 Winter Universiade bronze medalist and a four-time Soviet national champion. His best ISU Championship result, seventh, came at the 1963 Europeans in Budapest, Hungary. He withdrew from the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
| Valery Meshkov | |
|---|---|
 Meshkov in 1964 | |
| Full name | Valery Ivanovich Meshkov |
| Native name | Валерий Иванович Мешков |
| Born | 9 August 1945 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | 28 October 2024 (aged 79) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Coach | Larisa Novozhilova Stanislav Zhuk |
| Retired | 1969 |
Meshkov died on 28 October 2024, at the age of 79.[1]
Results
| International[2][3] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 59–60 | 60–61 | 61–62 | 62–63 | 63–64 | 64–65 | 65–66 | 66–67 | 67–68 | 68–69 |
| Olympics | WD | |||||||||
| Worlds | 14th | 16th | 15th | 17th | ||||||
| Europeans | 19th | 10th | 7th | WD | 11th | |||||
| Universiade | 3rd | |||||||||
| Blue Swords | 3rd | 2nd | ||||||||
| Prague Skate | 3rd | |||||||||
| National[4][5] | ||||||||||
| Soviet Champ. | 4th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | |
| WD: Withdrew | ||||||||||
References
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