Panin-Kolomenkin N.A. (1871-1956), sportsman

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PANIN-KOLOMENKIN (real name Kolomenkin) Nikolay Alexandrovich (1871-1956, Leningrad), athlete, coach, Merited Master of Sports (1940). He lived in St. Petersburg since 1885. He graduated from Department of Mathematics and Mechanics of St. Petersburg University (1898). Panin-Kolomenkin was one of the first to develop the theory of figure-skating. He was the only Olympic champion (1908) in Russia (before 1917), 5-times figure-skating champion of Russia (1901-03, 1905, 1907), repeated Russian champion of rifle and pistol shooting. In 1915-17 he was the secretary of the Russian Olympic Committee. From the end of the 1930s he served as the head of the Figure-Skating Higher Coaching Courses at Lesgaft Institute of Physical Culture. In 1942-45 he lived in evacuation. Panin-Kolomenkin was buried in Serafimovskoe Cemetery.

Reference: Чайковский А. М. Волшебная восьмерка: Док. повесть о Н. А. Панине-Коломенкине. М., 1978; Вьюник В. А. Счастливый псевдоним. Л., 1986.

I. A. Bogdanov. Lesgaft Peter Franzevich
Panin-Kolomenkin Nikolay Alexandrovich
Чайковский А. М. Волшебная восьмерка: Док. повесть о Н. А. Панине-Коломенкине. М., 1978
Вьюник В. А. Счастливый псевдоним. Л., 1986 State University, St. Petersburg
Lesgaft Academy of Physical Education, State, St. Petersburg
Seraphimovskoe Cemetery