Jacqueline Börner

Jacqueline Börner
Personal information
Born	30 March 1965 (age 59); Wismar, Bezirk Rostock, East Germany
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record
Representing Germany
World Championships

Jacqueline Börner (later Schubert, born 30 March 1965) is a former speed skater.

Jacqueline Börner won her first international medal when she earned bronze at the 1987 European Allround Championships. Two years later, she won bronze again. A top skater in her own right, Börner often finished behind compatriots such as Gunda Kleemann and Andrea Mitscherlich.

In 1990, Börner initially had a very good year when she won silver at the European Allround Championships behind Kleemann and then became World Allround Champion the following month, having had some luck that Kleemann was disqualified after her 1500 m race. One month later, Börner won that season's World Cup on the 1500 m, having performed the best over 8 World Cup races on that distance during that season. In August of that year, though, she got hit by an automobile while training on her bicycle, resulting in torn anterior cruciate ligaments.

Having recovered from her injuries, Börner returned to competition at the World Cup meeting in November 1991 and promptly won bronze on the 1500 m. After having finished 6th in the 1992 European Allround Championships, Börner participated in the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and surprisingly beat Gunda Kleemann (who had since gotten married and was known as Gunda Niemann then) on the 1500 m by 0.05 seconds to become Olympic Champion.

Börner retired from speed skating at the end of 1996, although she participated in one more tournament (one for skaters of 35 years or older) in 2000.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Börner at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:

Championships	Gold medal	Silver medal	Bronze medal
Winter Olympics	1992 (1500 m)
World Allround	1990
European Allround		1990	1987 1989
German Allround			1994
German Single Distance		1985 (1000 m) 1987 (1500 m) 1992 (1500 m) 1992 (3000 m)	1986 (1000 m) 1989 (1500 m) 1990 (1500 m)

Personal records

Distance	Result	Date	Location
500 m	40.90	2 March 1996	Calgary
1000 m	1:20.55	20 March 1987	Medeo
1500 m	2:04.54	11 February 1990	Calgary
3000 m	4:19.86	10 February 1990	Calgary
5000 m	7:31.51	11 February 1990	Calgary
Small combination	171.634	11 February 1990	Calgary
Mini combination	173.266	20 November 1988	Berlin
Sprint combination	163.820	21 March 1987	Medeo

Börner has an Adelskalender score of 170.874 points. Her highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a 5th place.

References

Jacqueline Börner at SkateResults.com Archived 13 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
Jacqueline Börner at DESG (Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft) (in German)