Roles | Competed in Olympic Games • Other |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Ihar Mikalayevich•Zhaliasouski |
Used name | Ihar•Zhaliasouski |
Nick/petnames | Igor the Terrible |
Original name | Ігар Мікалаевіч•Жалязоўскі |
Other names | Igor Nikolayevich Zhelezovsky, Игорь Николаевич Железовский |
Born | 1 July 1963 in Orsha, Vitebsk (BLR) |
Died | 12 June 2021 |
Measurements | 186 cm / 95 kg |
Affiliations | VS Minsk, Minsk (BLR) |
NOC | Belarus Soviet Union Unified Team |
Nationality | Belarus |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 1 |
Bronze | 1 |
Total | 2 |
Igor Zhelezovsky is considered to be one of the best sprinters ever, although he managed only two winter Olympic medals, bronze and silver in the 1,000 m in 1988 and 1994, respectively. Zhelezovsky surprised everyone in March 1983, by setting a 1,500 m world record of 1:54.26 in Medeo. In 1985 Zhelezovsky won the World Sprint Championships, which he would repeat five more times in 1986, 1989 and 1991-93. In addition to his six titles, Zhelezovsky won a bronze at the 1990 World Sprint Championships. In December 1987, Zhelezovsky again broke the 1,500 world record, clocking 1:52.50 at Calgary, on the future Olympic rink. His third and fourth world records came at the 1989 World Sprint Championships, with a 1,000 m record of 1:12.58, finishing the competition with a world record in the sprint all-around. Zhelezovsky also won the World Cup in the 1,000 m from 1991-93. Domestically Zhelezovsky won five Soviet sprint titles – 1985-86 and 1989-91. After finishing his sporting career, Zhelezovsky worked as the president of Belorussian Speed Skating Federation, was a member of the Belorussian Olympic Committee, and from 1996-2001 was the president of Belorussian Paralympic Committee.
Personal Bests: 500 – 36.49 (1986); 1000 – 1:12.58 (1989); 1500 – 1:52.50 (1988); 5000 – 7:09.84 (1983); 10000 – 15:40.82 (1983).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1988 Winter Olympics | Speed Skating (Skating) | URS | BLR | Ihar Zhaliasouski | |||
500 metres, Men (Olympic) | 6 | ||||||
1,000 metres, Men (Olympic) | 3 | Bronze | |||||
1,500 metres, Men (Olympic) | 4 | ||||||
1992 Winter Olympics | Speed Skating (Skating) | EUN | BLR | Ihar Zhaliasouski | |||
500 metres, Men (Olympic) | 8 | ||||||
1,000 metres, Men (Olympic) | 6 | ||||||
1,500 metres, Men (Olympic) | 10 | ||||||
1994 Winter Olympics | Speed Skating (Skating) | BLR | Ihar Zhaliasouski | ||||
500 metres, Men (Olympic) | 10 | ||||||
1,000 metres, Men (Olympic) | 2 | Silver |
Games | Date | Sport | Event | Phase | Mark | Pos |
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1994 Winter Olympics | 18 February 1994 | Speed Skating (Skating) | 1,000 metres, Men | Final Standings | 1:12.72 | 2 |
Games | Role | NOC | As | |
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1994 Winter Olympics | Flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony | BLR | Ihar Zhaliasouski |