Valery Meshkov
Soviet figure skater (1945–2024)
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Valery Ivanovich Meshkov (Russian: Валерий Иванович Мешков; 9 August 1945 – 28 October 2024) was a figure skater who competed for the Soviet Union. He was the 1964 Winter Universiade bronze medalist and a four-time Soviet national champion. His best ISU Championship result, seventh, came at the 1963 Europeans in Budapest, Hungary. He withdrew from the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Nativename
Валерий Иванович Мешков
FullnameValery Ivanovich Meshkov
Born9 August 1945
Died28 October 2024 (aged 79)
Meshkov in 1964 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Валерий Иванович Мешков |
| Full name | Valery Ivanovich Meshkov |
| Born | 9 August 1945 |
| Died | 28 October 2024 (aged 79) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Coach | Larisa Novozhilova Stanislav Zhuk |
| Retired | 1969 |
Meshkov died on 28 October 2024, at the age of 79.[1]
Results
| International[2][3] | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 59–60 | 60–61 | 61–62 | 62–63 | 63–64 | 64–65 | 65–66 | 66–67 | 67–68 | 68–69 |
| Olympics | WD | |||||||||
| Worlds | 14th | 16th | 15th | 17th | ||||||
| Europeans | 19th | 10th | 7th | WD | 11th | |||||
| Universiade | 3rd | |||||||||
| Blue Swords | 3rd | 2nd | ||||||||
| Prague Skate | 3rd | |||||||||
| National[4][5] | ||||||||||
| Soviet Champ. | 4th | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | |
| WD: Withdrew | ||||||||||
