Ivan Arzhanikov
Kazakhstan
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSKAZ12306199401 | |
| NOC | Kazakhstan | |
| Born | 23 Jun 1994
in  Petropavl | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Petropavl, KAZ | |
| Occupation | Athlete, Student | |
| Languages | Russian | |
| Higher education | Physical Education - Siberian State University of Physical Education and Sport |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 34.90 | 05 Dec 2021 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:07.82 | 05 Dec 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 1:46.17 | 04 Dec 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 5000m | 7:03.89 | 28 Mar 2018 | Astana |
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| 10000m | 14:29.97 | 29 Mar 2018 | Astana |
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Social Media
Social Media
| instagram.com/ivanarzhan |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | "From a very young age, I was an active, athletic, coordinated child. In the courtyard, we often played football, played various outdoor games, and I was good at them. At age nine, I signed up for a football group, trained for six months, but our coach left for a month to referee and our training stopped. At that moment, my first skating coach Irina Bubenshchikova came to recruit at school. I decided to go and try it. And I was sucked in. I liked the sport for its diversity. Cycling, roller skating, skating, weightlifting, swimming, running, game training. The main reason [for taking up the sport] was probably the variety of athletic training and speed." | |
| Name of coach | Dmitry Babenko [national], KAZ; Aleksey Yesin [consultant], RUS; Anton Surovyatkin [personal], KAZ | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up the sport at age 10 in Petropavl, Kazakhstan. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning gold in the 1500m at the 2018 World University Championships in Minsk, Belarus. (Athlete, 18 Nov 2021) | |
| Hero / Idol | US speed skater Shani Davis. (Athlete, 02 Nov 2014) | |
| Awards and honours | He holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in Kazakhstan. (Athlete, 19 Nov 2021; skating.kz, 26 Oct 2021) | |
| Hobbies | Reading, playing computer games, chess. (Athlete, 19 Nov 2021) |