Yevgeniy Koshkin

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Yevgeniy Koshkin
Personal information
Born (2002-11-24) 24 November 2002 (age 22)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Sport
CountryFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Sport Speed skating
Event(s)100m, 500m
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Event1st2nd3rd
Asian Winter Games 010
Total010
Asian Winter Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Harbin 100 m

Yevgeniy Koshkin (born 24 November 2002) is a speed skater from Kazakhstan. He obtained a silver medal at the 100 meter race of the 2025 Asian Winter Games and won two 500 meter races in the 2025 World Cup, one in Tomaszow and one in Heerenveen.

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Career

As a child, Koshkin practiced ice hockey in his home town Almaty, which would explain his exceptional speed at the first 100 meters. [1] At the age of 14, Koshkin took up speed skating. Two years later he was national junior champion.

His international debut was at the 2019 Junior World Cup in Enschede. 2025 was his breakthrough year with a silver medal at the Asian Winter Games and a win at the 5th stage of the World Cup in Poland. [2] [3] At the 6th stage of the 2024-25 World Cup in Heerenveen he won a gold and a bronze medal at the 500 meters. [4]

References

  1. "Yevgeniy Koshkin: het nieuwe sprintfenomeen uit Kazachstan". www.schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  2. "Yevgeniy Koshkin - International Skating Union". isu-skating.com. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  3. "Kazakhstani Yevgeniy Koshkin claims sensational gold at ISU World Cup Speed Skating in Poland". en.inform.kz. 2025-02-24. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
  4. "Kazakhstan's Yevgeniy Koshkin Wins Gold at ISU Speed Skating World Cup". The Gulf Observer. 2025-03-03. Retrieved 2025-03-13.