Lydia Skoblikova
Chronology
| 1939 | Born March 8 in Zlatoust in the Soviet Union |
| 1952 | Decides to pursue competitive speed skating |
| 1957 | Marries Alexander Skoblikova |
| 1959 | Begins her international speed skating career |
| 1960 | Wins two races in first women's speed skating events in Winter Olympics history |
| 1962 | Begins teaching physiology at the Chelyabinsk Pedagogic Institute |
| 1963 | Sweeps all four events at World Championships and is crowned world champion |
| 1964 | Competes in her second Winter Olympics and wins all four races |
| 1974 | Becomes head of the physical education department at a Moscow university |
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