Nikolai Alexandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin

in the history of Russia

on homemade devices made of wood and equipped with iron runners. He got real skates later. Being a student at St. Petersburg University, Nikolai Panin- Kolomenkin first skated on the frozen ponds of the city, and then moved to the skating rink of the Yusupov Garden, where the best figure skaters trained. In 1901, Panin-Kolomenkin decided to participate in the All-Russian Championship, successfully completed all the tasks and received the title of the best figure skater in Russia.

the World Championship in 1903, where the young athlete took the second place. At the 1908 Olympics, he won the first Olympic gold for our country. Despite the fact that detractors called the athlete's program impossible, he performed flawlessly. In the Olympic Games of 1912, the athlete participated not only in figure skating, but also in pistol shooting.

an excellent coach and teacher who brought up many famous athletes. He put coaching work above all his own achievements. Nikolai Alexandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin became one of the founders of the Leningrad Figure Skating School, was the first in the world to introduce sports categories, and the skate model he developed continues to live to this day.