Personal information | |
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Full name | Gennady Andreyevich Voronin |
Nationality | Russian |
Born | Dzerzhinsk, Soviet Union | 6 September 1934
Died | 3 May 2004 69) Dzerzhinsk, Russia | (aged
Sport | |
Sport | Speed skating |
Gennady Andreyevich Voronin (Russian : Геннадий Андреевич Воро́нин; 6 September 1934 – 3 May 2004) was a Soviet speed skater. He competed in two events at the 1960 Winter Olympics. [1]
He was married to a skating champion Inga Artamonova. On 4 January 1966, he stabbed her in the heart, killing her. His claimed motive was jealousy. He was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment, and was released on parole after serving two. [2]
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