Women
RUS
Olga Belyakova
RUS- Date of birth25 Sep 1988
- Height1750 CM
- ProfessionAthlete, Student
- HometownRybinsk
- Place of birthAndropov
- Start skating Club She took up the sport in 1999 in Rybinsk, Russian Federation. Central Army Sports Club [CSKA]: Russia
- HobbiesReading, movies. (Athlete, 17 Feb 2015)
- LanguagesEnglish, Russian
- Other nameOlya (gazeta-rybinsk.ru, 09 Apr 2014)
- FamliyHusband Dmitry Sorokin, son Maksim [2015], twin daughters [2020]
- CoachN/A
- ChoreographerN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- Practice low seasonN/A
- Practice high seasonN/A
- General Interest
- Sport Specific Information
She has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (gazeta-rybinsk.ru, 09 Apr 2014)
"Nobody except you." (Athlete, 16 Dec 2012)
US short track skater Katherine Reutter, Russian short track skater Victor An. (gazeta-rybinsk.ru, 09 Apr 2014; Athlete, 16 Dec 2012)
She underwent meniscus [knee] surgeries in 2008 and 2013. (gazeta-rybinsk.ru, 09 Apr 2014)
Competing at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, and finishing fourth in the 1500m at the 2012 World Championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. (Athlete, 17 Feb 2015)
RETIREMENT
She retired from the sport due to family reasons. "In 2015 my son was born, and in 2020 twin girls. I could not return to the international level because of this. Probably it would not be correct to say that I could not, but rather that I did not want to." (Athlete, 08 Dec 2020)
She retired from the sport due to family reasons. "In 2015 my son was born, and in 2020 twin girls. I could not return to the international level because of this. Probably it would not be correct to say that I could not, but rather that I did not want to." (Athlete, 08 Dec 2020)
A short track coach, Marina Starostina, came to her school to enrol children in the sport.
