After World War II had ended, Soviet women started dominating speed skating and would continue do so for at least 20 years. Tamara Rylova was one of them. She trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad. Having debuted nationally at the 1952 Soviet Allround Championships and internationally at the 1954 World Allround Championships, Rylova soon became a force to be reckoned with. Early 1955, Rylova proved this by setting a new world record on the 500 m – breaking Laila Schou Nilsen's record that had stood for almost 18 years. That same month, she would break two more world records.
The next month, she won silver at the 1955 World Allround Championships behind fellow Soviet skater Rimma Zhukova and that already showed that most of the time, Rylova's strongest competition was from other Soviet skaters. The next year, she won bronze, behind two Soviet skaters, thus making all three medals going to the Soviet Union. And this was not an exception, rather it was the rule. In fact, in the years 1953–1964, Soviet women won all three medals at every one of those twelve World Allround Championships.
In 1957 and 1958, Rylova won two more silver medals at the World Allround Championships, both behind Inga Artamonova. Finally, in 1959, she became World Allround Champion, with a big lead over silver medallist Valentina Stenina. The next year, she won yet another silver medal at the 1960 World Allround Championships, this time not being able to retain her lead after three of the four distances because Stenina skated the final distance, the 3,000 m, more than seven seconds faster. At the Winter Olympics of Squaw Valley the next month, Rylova (now the world record holder on the 500 m and the 1,000 m) had a somewhat disappointing performance; she finished fourth on the 500 m, one tenth of a second short of a medal, and she won the bronze medal on the 1,000 m.
After that, Rylova would not make any more international appearances except once, four years later, when she won another bronze medal at the 1964 World Allround Championship. During the intermediate years, she had not won much on a national level. Her last appearance at the Soviet Allround Championships was in 1966.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Rylova at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:
Results of Soviet Championships at SpeedSkating.ru
Short biography of Tamara Rylova (in Russian)
March 04, 2023
tamara, rylova, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, february, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Tamara Rylova news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova Russian Tamara Nikolaevna Rylova 1 October 1931 1 February 2021 1 was a speed skater Tamara RylovaPersonal informationBirth nameTamara Nikolayevna RylovaBorn 1931 10 01 1 October 1931Vologda Russian SFSR Soviet UnionDied1 February 2021 2021 02 01 aged 89 Height1 63 m 5 ft 4 in Weight66 kg 146 lb SportCountrySoviet UnionSportSpeed skatingMedal record Women s speed skatingRepresenting Soviet UnionOlympic Games1960 Squaw Valley 1 000 mWorld Championships1959 Sverdlovsk Allround1955 Kuopio Allround1957 Imatra Allround1958 Kristinehamn Allround1960 Ostersund Allround1956 Kvarnsveden Allround1964 Kristinehamn Allround Contents 1 Career 2 Medals 3 World records 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditAfter World War II had ended Soviet women started dominating speed skating and would continue do so for at least 20 years Tamara Rylova was one of them She trained at Burevestnik in Leningrad Having debuted nationally at the 1952 Soviet Allround Championships and internationally at the 1954 World Allround Championships Rylova soon became a force to be reckoned with Early 1955 Rylova proved this by setting a new world record on the 500 m breaking Laila Schou Nilsen s record that had stood for almost 18 years That same month she would break two more world records The next month she won silver at the 1955 World Allround Championships behind fellow Soviet skater Rimma Zhukova and that already showed that most of the time Rylova s strongest competition was from other Soviet skaters The next year she won bronze behind two Soviet skaters thus making all three medals going to the Soviet Union And this was not an exception rather it was the rule In fact in the years 1953 1964 Soviet women won all three medals at every one of those twelve World Allround Championships In 1957 and 1958 Rylova won two more silver medals at the World Allround Championships both behind Inga Artamonova Finally in 1959 she became World Allround Champion with a big lead over silver medallist Valentina Stenina The next year she won yet another silver medal at the 1960 World Allround Championships this time not being able to retain her lead after three of the four distances because Stenina skated the final distance the 3 000 m more than seven seconds faster At the Winter Olympics of Squaw Valley the next month Rylova now the world record holder on the 500 m and the 1 000 m had a somewhat disappointing performance she finished fourth on the 500 m one tenth of a second short of a medal and she won the bronze medal on the 1 000 m After that Rylova would not make any more international appearances except once four years later when she won another bronze medal at the 1964 World Allround Championship During the intermediate years she had not won much on a national level Her last appearance at the Soviet Allround Championships was in 1966 Medals EditAn overview of medals won by Rylova at important championships she participated in listing the years in which she won each Championships Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medalWinter Olympics 1960 1 000 m World Allround 1959 1955 1957 1958 1960 1956 1964Soviet Allround 1955 1957 1959 1960 1958 1954 1964World records EditOver the course of her career Rylova skated four world records Event Result Date Venue500 m 45 6 11 January 1955 Medeo1 000 m 1 33 4 12 January 1955 MedeoOld combination 203 920 22 January 1955 MedeoMini combination 196 416 21 January 1960 MedeoReferences Edit Skonchalas sovetskaya konkobezhka chempionka Tamara Rylova in Russian External links EditTamara Rylova at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Tamara Rylova at SkateResults com Results of Soviet Championships at SpeedSkating ru Short biography of Tamara Rylova in Russian Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tamara Rylova amp oldid 1104889928, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
