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=Ippolitov= Vasily Afanasyevich Ippolitov (Василий Афанасьевич Ипполитов) (12 January 1892 – 1957). Brother Platon Afanasyevich Ippolitov Платон Афанасьевич Ипполитов (1893-1951) was a speed skater too, winning the Russian Allround Championships multiple times.

IPPOLITOVY, athletes, repeated champions Russia and the RSFSR (in 1911-1923) in jogging speed-skating; Many winners of cycling competitions, brothers: 1) Vasily Afanasevich (1892-1957), honored master of sports (1938), champion of Europe (1913, skates); 2) Platon Afanasevich (1893-1951), honored master of sports (1934).

Vasili Ippolitov, from Moscow, came from a family of 5 brothers, of which 2 became famous speed skaters, among the best in the world in the period 1912-1914.

Ippolitov's parents had five children, all sons. Growing up, Ippolitov started speed skating one day while helping his father. He tested the skates that his father had repaired for someone and found that he enjoyed skating very much; soon the young Ippolitov got his own pair of skates.

In 1913 and 1914 Ippolitov and Oscar Mathisen were the big rivals, and they had many great duels. Mathisen won most of these, but Ippolitov managed to beat him at the European Championships 1913 in St.Petersburg. Mathisen beat him at the World Championships one week later. Mathisen also beat him at both the championships in 1914. At all four occasions Ippolitov beat Mathisen on the 10000 m. He was national champion in 1911 and 1923. In 1923 he also became national champion in cycling.

His younger brother Platon was also an international level speed skater, and they often competed in the same championships. His son Igor Vasilyevich Ippolitov Игорь Васильевич Ипполитов also excelled in sports, both in speed skating (four podium positions in the national championships 1943-1947), cycling (national champion 1939) and swimming.

Medals
An overview of medals won by Ippolitov at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each: