Stephanie Beckert
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 Beckert in 2010 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 May 1988 Erfurt, East Germany |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Speed skating |
| Club | ESC Erfurt, Erfurt |
Stephanie Beckert (born 30 May 1988) is a long-distance speed skater from Germany.[1] She had a fourth place standing at the 2008–09 women's 3000/5000 m World Cup.[2] At the 2010 Winter Olympics she won one gold and two silver medals.[3]
Her mother Angela and five younger brothers and sisters all did speed skating,[4] and one of the brothers, Patrick, competed at the 2010 Olympics.[3] Her father Detlef is a retired handball player. Stephanie first trained in figure skating, but at the age of 10 switched to speed skating. Since October 2006 Beckert is serving in the German Army and has a rank of sergeant.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ CTV Olympic profile. Ctvolympics.ca. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
- ^ ESSENT ISU WORLD CUP 2008/2009. isuresults.eu
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stephanie Beckert". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ Peter Ahrens (February 2010) Eisschnellläuferin Stephanie Beckert: Gundas stille Teilhaberin. spiegel.de
- ^ Olympia: Gold, Silber und Bronze für Bundeswehrsportler. bmvg.de (18 February 2010)
External links
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- Personal website
- Stephanie Beckert at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Stephanie Beckert at the International Skating Union
- Stephanie Beckert at Olympics.com
- Stephanie Beckert at Team Deutschland (in German)
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- Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Olympic speed skaters for Germany
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
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