Averin (Barabash) Tatyana

Averin (Barabash) Tatyana was born June 25, 1950 in Gorky. Soviet athlete (speed skating), Honored Master of Sports. Olympic champion in skating (100 m and 3000 m, 1976), the absolute champion of the USSR (1979), the world champion (1978).

. During competitions in Innsbruck, the Swiss newspaper 'Shport' wrote: 'In skating entrenched specialization, . and today there is hardly sportsman or sportswoman, . who dare to fight for the medals at all distances and will be able to succeed, . like Thunberg or Skoblikova,
. Times' Olympic MULTIATHLONISTS 'gone forever'. But it turned, . that in the 'age of narrow specialization' may be the guard generalist, . able to compete for awards at all distances, . 25-year-old student from Gorky Tatiana Averina proved, . that is a real master sprinter and stayerskogo skating,
. She received a medal at all four distances.

Four times approaching the start Tatiana Averina. And each of them brought her Olympic medal. How not to recall here that 12 years ago on this same ice track, ran to his four Olympic gold medals 'Ural lightning' Lydia Skoblikova! We Averina of four awards, only two were gold, and two others - bronze. But what has changed in 12 years of skating, as dramatically escalated the competition! Skoblikova at a distance of 1000 m from the nearest rival won 1,1 sec., At 3000 m - 3,6 sec. (then run before the results were measured with an accuracy of a tenth of a second). A Averina victory at a distance of 1000 m brought superiority in 0,14 seconds., At 3000m - just 0.14 seconds.!

August 22, 2001 celebrated athlete suddenly died.