Denis Valerievich Kuzin (Russian: Денис Валерьевич Кузин; born 4 December 1989) is a world champion speed skater from Kazakhstan.

Denis Kuzin
Kuzin during the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Sochi
Personal information
Born (1989-12-04) 4 December 1989 (age 34)
Kostanay, Kazakh SSR, USSR
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sport
Country Kazakhstan
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Kazakhstan
World Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sochi 1000 m
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Astana-Almaty 1500 m

In the 2013 World Single Distance Championships he won the gold medal in the 1000 meters race.[1]

Personal records

edit
Distance Time Location Arena Date
500 m 35.58 Calgary Olympic Oval 29 January 2012
1000 m 1:07.71 Calgary Olympic Oval 9 November 2013
1500 m 1:43.60 Salt Lake City Utah Olympic Oval 15 November 2013
3000 m 3:54.90 Calgary Olympic Oval 29 September 2012
5000 m 7:03.97 Chelyabinsk Uralskaya Molniya 24 December 2008
10000 m 14:29.49 Chelyabinsk Uralskaya Molniya 31 March 2009

References

edit
  1. ^ "Denis Kuzin wins men's speedskating 1,000 meters, U.S.' Davis third". Sports Illustrated. 22 March 2013. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
edit