 Krasnova at the 1972 Olympics | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 April 1950 (age 73) Omsk, Russia | |||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||
| Club | Spartak Omsk Spartak Moscow | |||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 500 m – 40.96 (1976) 1000 m – 1:24.0 (1977) 1500 m – 2:19.48 (1977) 3000 m – 5:13.1 (1970) | |||||||||||
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Vera Ivanovna Krasnova (Russian: Вера Ивановна Краснова, born 3 April 1950) is a retired Russian speed skater who specialized in the 500 m distance. She competed at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics and won a silver medal in 1972, placing fifth in 1976.[1]
Krasnova won a silver medal in the 500 m at the 1972 European All-around Championships. She took part in five World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, with the best result of fourth place in 1975. Domestically she won the 500 m Soviet title in 1969, 1972 and 1976.[1] Krasnova was born in Omsk, but later moved to Moscow and worked there as a school teacher.[2]
