Oleg Bozhev


Oleg Felevich Bozhev is a former speed skater. He trained at VSS Trud.

Short biography

Competing for the Soviet Union, Oleg Bozhev had his best year in 1984 when he won a bronze medal on the 1,500 m at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, became World Allround Champion ten days later, became Soviet Allround Champion two weeks after that and skated a world record on the 1,500 m another two weeks later. He also was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples that year. The following three years, he won silver at the World Allround Championships. The closest he came to winning a second World Allround Championship was in 1986 when he finished second behind Hein Vergeer, with a difference of only 0.014 points, which translates to a mere 0.28 seconds of difference on the final distance. Except for one more international appearance in 1992, his last international appearance was in 1988.
Bozhev currently is the senior coach of the Russian skating team.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Bozhev at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:
ChampionshipsGold medalSilver medalBronze medal
Winter Olympics--1984
World Allround19841985
1986
1987		-
European Allround--1985
Soviet Allround198419861987

Records

World records

Over the course of his career, Bozhev skated one world record:
DisciplineTimeDateLocation
1500 m1.53,2624 March 1984 Medeo

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Bozhev skated his personal records.
EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m36.8828 March 1985Medeo36.57
1,000 m1:14.3128 March 1985Medeo1:12.58
1,500 m1:53.2624 March 1984Medeo1:54.26
3,000 m4:03.0519 March 1987Heerenveen4:03.22
5,000 m6:56.7314 February 1987Heerenveen6:49.15
10,000 m14:26.1115 February 1987Heerenveen14:12.14
Big combination160.55815 February 1987Heerenveen160.807

Note that Bozhev's personal record on the 3,000 m was not a world record because Leo Visser skated 3:59.27 at the same tournament. Bozhev's personal record on the big combination was not a world record either because Nikolay Gulyayev skated 159.356 at the same tournament.
Bozhev has an Adelskalender score of 159.611 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a third place.