Natalya Petrusyova

"Petrusyova" redirects here. For the Russian swimmer, see Olga Petrusyova.

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Anatolyevna and the family name is Petrusyova.

Natalya Anatolyevna Petrusyova (Russian: Ната́лья Анато́льевна Петрусёва; 2 September 1955 – 28 November 2025) was a Russian speed skater.

Natalya Petrusyova

Petrusyova in 1982
Personal information
Full name	Natalya Anatolyevna Petrusyova
Born	(1955-09-02)2 September 1955 Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	28 November 2025(2025-11-28) (aged 70)
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Club	Burevestnik Moscow
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Lake Placid 1,000 m 1980 Lake Placid 500 m 1984 Sarajevo 1,000 m 1984 Sarajevo 1,500 m World Allround Championships 1980 Hamar Allround 1981 Sainte-Foy Allround 1979 The Hague Allround 1982 Inzell Allround

Biography

Natalya Petrusyova trained at Burevestnik. Competing for the Soviet Union, Petrusyova was a very successful skater – once Olympic Champion (on the 1,000 m), twice World Allround Champion, once World Sprint Champion, twice European Allround Champion, three times Soviet Allround Champion, twice Soviet Sprint Champion, and ten-time world record holder.

She was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1980. After her speed skating career had ended, Petrusyova became the senior speed skating coach at the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports in Moscow. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she was the senior coach of the Russian speed skating team.

Petrusyova married Vladimir Komarov, a Soviet Olympic speed skater. She died on 28 November 2025, at the age of 70.

Medals

Natalya Petrusyova in 1983

An overview of medals won by Petrusyova at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

Championships	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Winter Olympics	1980 (1,000 m)	–	1980 (500 m) 1984 (1,000 m) 1984 (1,500 m)
World Allround	1980 1981	1979	1982
World Sprint	1982	1983	1981
European Allround	1981 1982	–	1983
Soviet Allround	1980 1981 1982	–	1979
Soviet Sprint	1980 1981	1979 1984	–

World records

Over the course of her career, Petrusyova skated ten world records:

Event	Result	Date	Venue
1,000 m	1:23.01	27 March 1980	Medeo
Mini combination	173.434	27 March 1980	Medeo
1,500 m	2:06.01	3 January 1981	Medeo
Mini combination	171.149	4 January 1981	Medeo
1,500 m	2:05.39	27 March 1981	Medeo
1,000 m	1:20.81	28 March 1981	Medeo
1,500 m	2:04.04	25 March 1983	Medeo
1,000 m	1:19.31	26 March 1983	Medeo
Mini combination	168.271	26 March 1983	Medeo
Mini combination	166.682	28 March 1983	Medeo

Personal records

Event	Result	Date	Venue
500 m	40.51	24 March 1984	Medeo
1,000 m	1:19.31	26 March 1983	Medeo
1,500 m	2:04.04	28 March 1983	Medeo
3,000 m	4:29.31	26 December 1980	Medeo
5,000 m	7:51.8	23 August 1981	Leningrad

External links

• Natalya Petrusyova at SkateResults.com Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
• Personal records at Skatebase.com Archived 13 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine
• Natalya Petrusyova at Olympedia
• Natalya Petrusyova at IMDb