Ivan Aleksandrovich Skobrev (; born 8 February 1983 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian speed skater.
Career
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. The ban was subsequently overturned on appeal to the court of arbitration for sport (CAS).
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 History of Russian national records on the 1500 m at Speedskatingresults.com 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 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 10000 m 12:58.36 13 February 2011 Calgary 12:41.69 WAC; National record until 2017-11-19 History of Russian national records on the 10,000 m at Speedskatingresults.com Big combination 146.230 13 February 2011 Calgary 145.561 WAC; Current national recordEvert Stenlund, All Time Best Combination Results
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.
References
External links
Ivan Skobrev at SpeedSkatingStats.com Ivan Skobrev at SSN.info Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database Historical World Records. International Skating Union.