Valeri Muratov
Valeri Alekseyevich Muratov · Валерий Муратов
* 1 May 1946 – Unknown
Valeri Alekseyevich Muratov · Валерий Муратов
* 1 May 1946 – Unknown
Valeri Muratov, from Moscow, won the first unofficial World Sprint Championships in 1970. He was runner-up in the first official World Sprint Championships in 1972, and the following year he won the World Sprint Title. He never won any Olympic Title, but he got a bronze medal in 1972 and both silver and bronze in the 1976 Olympics. He was five times national sprint champion. In 1970 he set a new 500 m World Record three times, but he never got to keep for more than a few weeks.
He started a successfull career as coach for the Soviet Union (and later Russian) speed skating team. Among others he coached World Sprint Champions Sergey Khlebnikov and Igor Zhelezovsky.
| Show: | All | World Ch. | Multi-Sport Events | Continental Ch. | World Cup | Other Ch. | National Ch. |
| Tournament | Held | Rink | 500 m | 1000 m | 1500 m | 3000 m | 5000 m | 10000 m | Samalog | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Winter Games 1968 | 6–18 Feb | Grenoble | 41,4 (18) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| World Winter University Games 1970 | 1–1 Jan | Innsbruck | 41,0 (2) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ISU Sprint Championships 1970 | 21–22 Feb | West Allis | 40,39 (3) 40,16 (4) |
1.24,1 (5) 1.21,7 (3) |
— | — | — | — | 163.450 (1) | — |
| ISU Sprint Championships 1971 | 20–21 Feb | Inzell | 39,97 (7) 39,71 (8) |
1.20,4 (6) 1.21,7 (11) |
— | — | — | — | 160.730 (6) | — |
| Olympic Winter Games 1972 | 3–13 Feb | Sapporo Makomanai | 39,80 (3) | — | 2.11,83 (21) | — | — | — | — | — |
| World Sprint Championships 1972 | 26–27 Feb | Eskilstuna Isstadion | 39,53 (3) 39,68 (2) |
1.21,83 (4) 1.22,04 (7) |
— | — | — | — | 161.145 (2) | — |
| World Sprint Championships 1973 | 3–4 Feb | Oslo Valle Hovin | 39,66 (1) 39,79 (4) |
1.22,00 (3) 1.21,62 (4) |
— | — | — | — | 161.260 (1) | — |
| World Sprint Championships 1975 | 15–16 Feb | Göteborg Nya Ullevi | 40,33 (8) 40,79 (5) |
1.23,73 (6) 1.21,72 (2) |
— | — | — | — | 163.845 (3) | — |
| Olympic Winter Games 1976 | 4–15 Feb | Innsbruck | 39,25 (2) | 1.20,57 (3) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| World Sprint Championships 1978 | 11–12 Feb | Lake Placid Bunny Sheffield | 38,67 (3) 38,98 (3) |
1.20,82 (10) 1.19,69 (8) |
— | — | — | — | 157.905 (5) | — |
| Date | Distance | Time | Rink |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Jan 1970 | 500 m Men | 39,09 | Medeo |
| 24 Jan 1970 | 1000 m Men | 1.19,2 | Medeo |
| 24 Jan 1970 | 500 m Men | 38,99 | Medeo |
| 29 Jan 1970 | 500 m Men | 38,73 | Medeo |
| 17 Mar 1975 | 1000 m Men | 1.16,92 | Medeo |
| 18 Mar 1975 | Sprint Men | 153.390 | Medeo |
| 18 Mar 1975 | 500 m Men | 37,85 | Medeo |