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Anatoly Lepyoshkin

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Anatoly Lepyoshkin
Anatoly Lepyoshkin in 1968
Personal information
Born21 December 1938 (1938-12-21) (age 85)
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
Event500-10000 m
ClubLokomotiv Novosibirsk
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)
500 m – 38.8 (1969)
1000 m – 1:21.3 (1970)
1500 m – 2:11.4 (1968)
5000 m – 8:21.1 (1966)
10000 m – 17:48.8 (1972)

Anatoly Ivanovich Lepyoshkin (Russian: Анатолий Иванович Лепёшкин; born 21 December 1938) is a retired Russian speed skater. He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics and finished in 11th place in the 500 m event.[1]

In retirement Lepyoshkin worked as a speedskating coach in Novosibirsk.[2] In 2001 he was attacked by thugs and ended in a coma due to a concussion and a knife wound in the chest.[3]

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