Champion speed skater Natalia Petruseva has died at the age of 70.

The 1980 Olympic speed skating champion Natalia Petruseva died at the age of 71. This was announced on November 29 by the press service of the Russian Skating Union (TFR).

"Her legacy is an example of courage, willpower and dedication," the Union's Telegram channel says.

Natalia Petruseva was born on September 2, 1955 in Pavlovsky Posad. In 1980, she won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid at a distance of 1,000 m, as well as a bronze at a distance of 500 m. In addition, in 1984, the athlete won two bronze medals at the Olympic Games in Sarajevo, at distances of 1,000 m. m and 1.5 thousand m .

Later, Petruseva worked as a coach with the Russian national team at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. At the same time, she was awarded the Order of Peoples' Friendship and the medal for Labor Distinction.

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