Lidiya Skoblikova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Lidiya Skoblikova

speed skater

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1939

Place of Birth: Zlatoust, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Profession: speed skater

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Lidiya Pavlovna Skoblikova (Russian: ????? ???????? ??????????; born 8 March 1939) is a retired Russian speed skater and coach.
She represented the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960, 1964 and 1968, and won a total of six gold medals, which is still a record for a speed skater.
She also won 25 gold medals at the world championships and 15 gold medals at the USSR National Championships in several distances.
She was also the first athlete to earn six gold medals in the Winter Olympics and the first to earn four gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games.
She was the most successful athlete at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, sharing the honour for 1960 Games with her compatriot Yevgeny Grishin.