Rimma Zhukova


Rimma Mikhaylovna Zhukova was a speed skater. She was born in Sverdlovsk, Russia.
Rimma Zhukova competed for the Soviet Union and after having become Soviet Allround Champion three times and having won the prestigious Kirov prize four times, she became World Allround Champion in 1955. Zhukova was one of the Soviet women who dominated skating for almost 20 years starting in 1948. Since all three medals at every one of the twelve World Championships between 1953 and 1964 were won by Soviet women, the strongest competition Zhukova experienced came from other Soviet skaters.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Zhukova at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:
ChampionshipsGold medalSilver medalBronze medal
World Allround19551953
1954
1956		1949
1950
Soviet Allround1952
1953
1954		19511949
1955
1957

World records

Over the course of her career, Zhukova skated eight world records:
EventResultDateVenue
1500 m2:36.717 March 1950Kirov
5000 m9:22.317 March 1950Kirov
3000 m5:21.38 January 1952Medeo
1000 m1:36.622 January 1952Medeo
Old combination208.75022 January 1952Medeo
3000 m5:13.823 January 1953Medeo
5000 m9:01.624 January 1953Medeo
Old combination204.01024 January 1953Medeo

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Zhukova skated her personal records.
EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m46.624 January 1952Medeo46.4
1000 m1:34.412 January 1955Medeo1:36.4
1500 m2:27.711 January 1955Medeo2:25.5
3000 m5:13.823 January 1953Medeo5:21.3
5000 m9:01.624 January 1953Medeo9:10.7

Note that Zhukova's personal record on the 1000 m was not a world record because Tamara Rylova skated 1:33.4 at the same tournament.
Zukova has an Adelskalender score of 193.050 points.