Dmitry Sakunenko, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dmitry Sakunenko

Russian speed skater

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1930

Place of Birth: Talmenka, Russia

Date of Death: 13-Sep-2014

Profession: speed skater

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Dmitry Sakunenko (Russian: ??????? ?????????; 7 January 1930 – 13 September 2014) was a Russian Soviet speed skater. At an international meet at Medeo 9–10 January 1955, Sakunenko was the first person to skate the 5000-m below eight minutes, with 7:54.9.
In a later pair, Boris Shilkov improved this world record to 7:45.6.
On this occasion Sakunenko set a new samalogue world record with the series 42.6, 7:54.9, 2:13.0, 16:44.3 (184.638 points).
This record lasted until 1963.
Sakunenko competed in the 1956 Olympics, two world championships and three European championships, with a bronze from the European championships 1955 being his best result.