Denis Igoryevich Yuskov
2013 WSDC Sochi - Denis Yuskov 3.JPG
Yuskov in 2013
Personal information
NationalityRussian
Born (1989-10-11) 11 October 1989
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)1500 m, 1000 m, 5000 m, allround
ClubCSKA
World Cup wins17
Medal record
World Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Sochi1500 m
Gold medal – first place2015 Heerenveen1500 m
Gold medal – first place2016 Kolomna1500 m
Silver medal – second place2016 Kolomna1000 m
Silver medal – second place2017 Gangneung1500 m
Bronze medal – third place2012 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2019 Inzell1500 m
World Allround Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 CalgaryAllround
Bronze medal – third place2014 HeerenveenAllround
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2015 ChelyabinskAllround
European Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Kolomna1500 m
Gold medal – first place2018 KolomnaTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2018 Kolomna1000 m
Silver medal – second place2020 Heerenveen1500 m
Silver medal – second place2020 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2020 Heerenveen5000 m

Denis Igoryevich Yuskov (Russian: Денис Игоревич Юсков; born 11 October 1989) is a Russian speed skater. He is a three-time gold medalist in men's 1500 meters (2013, 2015, 2016) at the World Single Distance Championships and the World Cup-2016 holder at the distance 1500 m.[2]

Personal life

Yuskov is married and has one son, Adrian (born on 27 March 2010). His mother was Master of Sports of the USSR in volleyball. His wife Alla, her brother Anton and Denis's sister Yana were all skaters in the past. His nephew is professional ice hockey player Ilya Antonovsky.

Career

Yuskov was born in Moscow, but spent his early childhood in Moldova. He later relocated with his mother back to Moscow before starting school. Dennis first met his sister from skating practice at the school, and then he started to do it, thinking it was a football team. Soon Yuskov became a member of the selected team of Moscow, setting national records in different age categories and at different distances and in the allround. Yuskov has been invited into the national junior national team.

2011–12 season — after his doping suspension was lifted, Denis Yuskov returned in the international field by competing at the 2012 European Championship, where he finished in 8th place. Later that year Yuskov competed at the World Single Distance Championships finishing in 6th place in the 1500 meters and 7th place in the 5000 meters. He also won a bronze in the team pursuit along with his compatriots Ivan Skobrev and Yevgeny Lalenkov.

2012–13 season — he won a World Cup event in Inzell, and on 21 March 2013, he became world champion in men's 1500 meters, 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships held at the Adler Arena in Sochi, updating the track record of 1:46.32. At the 5000 meter and team pursuit, he missed out the podium.

The Olympic season 2013–14 began Yuskov with a 3:34.37 at the 3000 meter run in a quartet starts during a training race before the first World Cup race of the season. This is the fastest time ever ridden, but is not recognized as an official world record. Yuskov competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, however only 6th place in 5000 m, 17th in men's 1000 m and finished on the 4th place in the 1500 meters. In March 2014, at the 2014 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, Yuskov won the 1500 meters and took a new personal record in the 10,000 meters. He came 3rd in the allround standings earning him the bronze medal. In early April, at the National championships in Chelyabinsk, he won the gold medal in the 500 m, 1500 m, 5000 m and 10,000 m. Thus, becoming the new undisputed champion in allround of Russia.

In the 2014–15 season, Yuskov competed at the 2015 European Championships winning the allround bronze. On 13 February 2015, at the 2015 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships, he repeated as gold medalist in 1500 meters.

Yuskov in 2016

In the 2015–16 season. Yuskov opened his season winning the 1500 m gold at the 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Calgary, setting a new personal record clocking a time of 1:41.88.[3] He then competed at the Inzell World Cup in Germany winning gold in men's 1500 m and a silver in 1000 m behind Dutch speed skater Kjeld Nuis. At the 2015–16 ISU World Cup in Heerenveen, Yuskov won 2 silver medals in 1000 m behind teammate Pavel Kulizhnikov and in 1500 m behind American Joey Mantia. In December 2015, he repeated as the allround champion at the 2016 Russian Nationals. On 9–10 January, Yuskov competed at the 2016 European Speed Skating Championships in Minsk where he placed first in men's 500 m and 1500 m however he was unable to finish the allaround events, as he later withdrew in men's 10000 m because of a minor groin injury. He returned to competition in 29–31 January at the ISU World Cup in Stavanger where he won gold in 1500 and bronze in 1000 m. On 11–14 February, At the 2016 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna, Yuskov won the gold in men's 1500 m and silver in men's 1000 m behind teammate Pavel Kulizhnikov.[4] Yuskov then competed at the 2016 World Allround Speed Skating Championships however he withdrew after the 500 m distance event because of a minor groin injury. On 11–13 March, after the World Cup Final in Heerenveen, Yuskov won the World Cup of the 2015–16 season in the 1500 m distance.[5]

In the 2016–17 season. Yuskov won 1500 meters at the 2017 European Championships and took the 7th place on the all-round. In 2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships Denis won the 1500 meters, but stopped on tree distances. On 9 December 2017, at the 2017 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships, he was the silver medalist in 1500 meters, while Kjeld Nuis won gold and Sven Kramer won bronze. Yuskov won the silver on ISU World Cup after the gold medalist Kjeld Nuis.

In the 2017–18 season. Denis Yuskov competed four time before the winter Olympic games at the ISU World Cup and four time won the gold in distance 1500 meters and in Salt Lake City broke World record. In the distance 1000 m also won the gold medal. In 5–7 January 2018 Yuskov competed at the 2018 European Speed Skating Championships and won two gold medals in 1500 m and team sprint, and the silver medal in 1000 m.

Personal records

Personal records
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m35:427 November 2015Calgary
1000 m1:06.9210 December 2017Salt Lake City
1500 m1:41.029 December 2017Salt Lake CityWorld record until 10 March 2019
Russian national record
3000 m3:34.372 November 2013CalgaryBelow official world record, but skated in a quartet
Russian national record
5000 m6:11.7917 November 2013Salt Lake City
10000 m13:12.498 March 2015Calgary

He is currently in 8th position in the adelskalender with 145.896 points.[6]

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[7]
* National record

World Cup podiums

Date Season Location Rank Event[8][9]
12 February 20122011–12Hamar1st place, gold medalist(s)Team pursuit
17 November 20122012–13Heerenveen2nd place, silver medalist(s)Team pursuit
8 March 20132012–13Heerenveen (Final)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Team pursuit
10 February 20132012–13Inzell1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
29 November 20132013–14Astana1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
6 December 20132013–14Berlin3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1500 m
1 February 20152014–15Hamar1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
15 November 20152015–16Calgary1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
5 December 20152015–16Inzell2nd place, silver medalist(s)1000 m
6 December 20152015–16Inzell1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
12 December 20152015–16Heerenveen2nd place, silver medalist(s)1000 m
13 December 20152015–16Heerenveen2nd place, silver medalist(s)1500 m
29 January 20162015–16Stavanger1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
30 January 20162015–16Stavanger3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1000 m
12 March 20162015–16Heerenveen (Final)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1000 m
13 March 20162015–16Heerenveen (Final)1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
13 November 20162016–17Harbin2nd place, silver medalist(s)1500 m
4 December 20162016–17Astana1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
10 December 20162016–17Heerenveen2nd place, silver medalist(s)1500 m
27 January 20172016–17Berlin2nd place, silver medalist(s)1500 m
11 November 20172017–18Heerenveen1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
3 December 20172017–18Calgary1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
9 December 20172017–18Salt Lake City1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
10 December 20172017–18Salt Lake City1st place, gold medalist(s)1000 m
19 January 20182017–18Erfurt1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
18 March 20182017–18Minsk2nd place, silver medalist(s)1500 m
17 November 20182018–19Obihiro1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
8 December 20182018–19Tomaszów Mazowiecki1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
16 December 20182018–19Heerenveen3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1000 m
3 February 20192018–19Hamar1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m
15 November 20192019–20Minsk3rd place, bronze medalist(s)5000 m
17 November 20192019–20Minsk2nd place, silver medalist(s)1500 m
22 November 20192019–20Tomaszów Mazowiecki3rd place, bronze medalist(s)5000 m
23 November 20192019–20Tomaszów Mazowiecki3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1500 m
24 November 20192019–20Tomaszów Mazowiecki3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Team pursuit
7 February 20202019–20Calgary1st place, gold medalist(s)1500 m

Overall rankings

Season Event Rank
2012–13Team pursuit3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2013–141500 m2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2015–161500 m1st place, gold medalist(s)
2016–171500 m2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017–181500 m1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018–191500 m1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ olympics.cbc.ca. "Denis Yuskov". The Athletes – Sochi 2014. CBC. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ↑ The Associated Press (21 March 2013). "Denis Yuskov, Irene Wust victorious on 1st day of speedskating worlds". CBC.ca. CBC. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Men's 1500". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Yuskov claims third successive title at ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  5. ↑ 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
  6. ↑ "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Denis Yuskov".
  8. ↑ "SSS Profile".
  9. ↑ "ISU Profile".
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