Igor Zhelezovski

Igor Nikolayevich Zhelezovski or Ihar Mikałajevič Žalazoŭski (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Железовский; Belarusian: Ігар Мікалаевіч Жалязоўскі; 1 July 1963 – 12 June 2021) was a Soviet and Belarusian speed skater.

Igor Zhelezovski

Zhelezovski in 1994
Personal information
Birth name	Igor Nikolayevich Zhelezovski
Nickname(s)	Bear from Minsk
Nationality	Belarusian
Born	(1963-07-01)1 July 1963 Orša, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	12 June 2021(2021-06-12) (aged 57) Minsk, Belarus
Height	1.86 m
Weight	95 kg
Sport
Country	Soviet Union CIS Belarus
Sport	Speed skating
Club	SK VS Minsk
Turned pro	1982
Retired	1994
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 36.49 (1988) 1000 m: 1:12.58 (1989) 1500 m: 1:52.50 (1987) 3000 m: 4:12.85 (1988) 5000 m: 7:09.84 (1983) 10 000 m: 15:40.82 (1983)
Medal record Men's speed skating Olympic Games Representing the Soviet Union Bronze 1988 Calgary 1000 m Representing Belarus Silver 1994 Lillehammer 1000 m World Sprint Championships Representing the Soviet Union Gold 1985 Heerenveen Sprint Gold 1986 Karuizawa Sprint Gold 1989 Heerenveen Sprint Bronze 1990 Tromsø Sprint Gold 1991 Inzell Sprint Representing CIS Gold 1992 Oslo Sprint Representing Belarus Gold 1993 Ikaho Sprint

Zhelezovski won silver at the World Junior Allround Championships in 1982. He became World Sprint Champion in 1985, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, and 1993.

He won a silver medal in the 1000m event at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.

Zhelezovski died of COVID-19 on 12 June 2021, at the age of 57.

Igor Zhelezovski Media

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  Igor Zhelezovski. On the right: Gaetan Boucher.