Ard Schenk

Ard Schenk
Full name	Adrian Schenk
nation	Netherlands
birthday	September 16, 1944
place of birth	Anna Paulovna
size	1.90 cm
Career
discipline	speed skating
status	resigned
medal table
winter Olympics 3× 1× 0× M World Championship Medals 3× 2× 2× S World Championship Medals 0× 0× 2× M-EM medals 3× 1× 0×
winter Olympics silver Grenoble 1968 1500m gold Saporo 1972 1500m gold Saporo 1972 5000m gold Saporo 1972 10000m  All-Around World Championships bronze Oslo 1965 all-around silver Gothenburg 1966 all-around silver Oslo 1967 all-around bronze Gothenburg 1968 all-around gold Oslo 1970 all-around gold Gothenburg 1971 all-around gold Oslo 1972 all-around  Sprint World Championships bronze Inzell 1971 sprint bronze Eskilstuna 1972 sprint  All-around European Championships gold Deventer 1966 all-around gold Innsbruck 1970 all-around silver Heerenveen 1971 all-around gold Davos 1972 all-around

Adrianus "Ard" Schenk (born September 16, 1944 in Anna Paulowna , Noord-Holland ) is a former Dutch speed skater . With three Olympic victories and three titles at the all-around world championships , he is one of the most successful speed skaters in history.

career

After winning two bronze medals and two silver medals at world all-around championships , Ard Schenk became world all-around champion for the first time in 1970 in Oslo . He defended this title the following year in Gothenburg and repeated the title win in Oslo in 1972. In his last triumph, Schenk even became the first speed skater to win all four distances since 1912.

In the years 1966, 1970 and 1972 Schenk became European all-around champion .

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Grenoble he won his first Olympic medal with silver in the 1500 meters. Four years later, Schenk won three out of four routes in Sapporo . He was Olympic champion in the 1500m, 5000m and 10000m. Only in the 500 meter race was the Dutchman unable to win a medal due to a fall.

After the 1972 Winter Olympics , Schenk turned professional. After the end of his active career, he became a member of the technical committee for speed skating at the International Skating Union .

Ard Schenk set 18 world records during his career, more than any male speed skater in history. In 1972 he held all world records except for the 500 meters. He became the first speed skater to run the 10,000 meters in under 15 minutes and the 1500 meters in under two minutes.

Schenk led the nobility calendar between 1966 and 1976 for six years and 58 days. His highest score was 166.241 points.

In the years 1970 to 1972 Schenk was awarded the Oscar Mathisen Memorial Trophy . He was voted Sportsman of the Year in the Netherlands in 1966, 1970, 1971 and 1972 .

Personal bests

route	time	date	location
500m	38.9 sec	January 15, 1971	davos
1000m	1:18.8 min¹	February 20, 1971	incell
1500m	1:58.7 min¹	January 16, 1971	davos
3000m	4:08.3min¹	March 2, 1972	incell
5000m	7:09.8 min¹	March 4, 1972	incell
10,000m	14:55.9 min 1	March 14, 1971	incell

¹ World record at the time of the run

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  Schenk (Deventer, 1965)

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  Schenk (Oslo, 1967)

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  Schenk (Grenoble, 1968)

web links

Commons : Ard Schenk  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Statistics at Speedskatingnews
• Ard Schenk in the Olympedia.org database

Schenk in March 2006 in Heerenveen