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Ard Schenk
Schenk in 2006
Personal information
Full nameAdrianus Schenk
NationalityDutch
Born (1944-09-16) 16 September 1944 (age 79)
Anna Paulowna, Netherlands
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro1973
Retired1974
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 39.8 (1971)
1000 m: 1:20.6 (1968)
1500 m: 2:05.3 (1966)
3000 m: 4:08.3 (1972)
5000 m: 7:09.8 (1972)
10 000 m: 14:55.9 (1971)
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Sapporo 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 1972 Sapporo 5000 m
Gold medal – first place 1972 Sapporo 10000 m
Silver medal – second place 1968 Grenoble 1500 m
World Allround Championships
Gold medal – first place 1970 Oslo Allround
Gold medal – first place 1971 Gothenburg Allround
Gold medal – first place 1972 Oslo Allround
Silver medal – second place 1966 Gothenburg Allround
Silver medal – second place 1967 Oslo Allround
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Oslo Allround
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Gothenburg Allround
World Sprint Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Inzell Sprint
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Eskilstuna Sprint
European Allround Championships
Gold medal – first place 1966 Deventer Allround
Gold medal – first place 1970 Innsbruck Allround
Gold medal – first place 1972 Davos Allround
Silver medal – second place 1971 Heerenveen Allround

Adrianus "Ard" Schenk (born 16 September 1944) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who is considered to be one of the best in history. His first Olympic success came in 1968, when he won a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Between 1970 and 1972 Winter Olympics, Schenk won three consecutive World Allround Speed Skating Championships. He won three gold medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Galina Kulakova of Soviet Union, the most successful athlete there.

Biography

Schenk (1965) Schenk competed in international meets from 1964 on, winning his first medal at the 1965 world championships and his first gold medal at the 1966 European championships. In the late 60s, Schenk was usually bested by his compatriot Kees Verkerk, but in the early 1970s he dominated international speed skating. The winning duo of Ard & Keesie were responsible for a lasting popularity of speed skating in the Netherlands.

Schenk's career peaked in 1972. He won three gold medals during the Olympic Games in Sapporo (a fall on the 500 m precluded gold in all 4 distances). Had the 1000 meters already been an Olympic distance, Schenk would have been the favorite for gold, as he had won five of the six 1000 meter races at World Sprint Championship he participated in. The same year, he also won the European Allround and the World Allround Championships. He became World Allround Champion by winning all 4 distances, a feat that nobody had achieved since Ivar Ballangrud 40 years earlier, and which only Eric Heiden has repeated since (in 1979). Finally, he won bronze that year at the World Sprint Championships.

The next season (1973), he turned professional with a number of other prominent speed skaters,[1] thereby foregoing the opportunity of winning more championships. The professional circuit lasted two seasons and Schenk retired from speed skating at the relatively young age of 30.

Championships results

Ard Schenk in 1965
Championships Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal
Winter Olympics 3 1 0
World Allround Championships 3 2 2
World Sprint Championships 0 0 2
European Allround 3 1 0
Dutch Allround 3 4 1

Records

World records

Schenk was the first to skate the 10,000 meters within 15 minutes, and the first skater to finish the 1500 meters in less than 2 minutes. Over the course of his career he broke a total of 18 (senior) world records, a feat no skater before or after him has bettered. Among men, the sprint specialist Jeremy Wotherspoon came closest with his 16th world record in 2007,[2] while among women long-distance specialist Gunda Niemann equalled Schenk's mark in 2001.[3] By March 1971, Schenk held 6 of the 7 official world records at the same time, missing only the 500 m.[4] His 1000 m record was broken in March 1972 by Erhard Keller, but the other five stood until 1975 to 1978, when world records started to be skated at the high-altitude rink of Medeo.

Discipline Time Date Location
1500 m 2:06.2 26 January 1966 Davos
3000 m 4:26.2 29 January 1966 Inzell
1500 m 2:05.3 30 January 1966 Inzell
3000 m 4:18.4 25 February 1967 Inzell
1000 m 1:20.6 28 February 1967 Inzell
1000 m 1:20.6 5 February 1968 Davos
3000 m 4:12.6 15 January 1971 Davos
1500 m 1:58.7 16 January 1971 Davos
Big combination 171.317 31 January 1971 Oslo
10000 m 15:01.6 14 February 1971 Gothenburg
Big combination 171.130 14 February 1971 Gothenburg
1000 m 1:18.8 20 February 1971 Inzell
5000 m 7:12.0 13 March 1971 Inzell
10000 m 14:55.9 14 March 1971 Inzell
Big combination 168.248 14 March 1971 Inzell
3000 m 4:08.3 2 March 1972 Inzell
5000 m 7:09.8 4 March 1972 Inzell
Big combination 167.420 5 March 1972 Inzell

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com[5]

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the column WR lists the official world records on the dates that Schenk skated his personal records, and, since the world records he broke were often his own, the column AE lists the best times skated by anyone else up to those dates.

Distance Result Date Location WR AE
500 m 38.9 15 January 1971 Davos 38.46 38.46
1000 m 1:18.8 20 February 1971 Inzell 1:19.2 1:19.2
1500 m 1:58.7 16 January 1971 Davos 2:01.9 2:01.9
3000 m 4:08.3 2 March 1972 Inzell 4:12.6 4:15.7
5000 m 7:09.8 4 March 1972 Inzell 7:12.0 7.13.2
10000 m 14:55.9 14 March 1971 Inzell 15:01.6 15:03.6
Big combination 167.420 5 March 1972 Inzell 168.248 170.648

Schenk has an Adelskalender score of 166.241 points. He was number one on the Adelskalender from 13 January 1966 until 27 February 1967 and again from 13 February 1971 until 19 March 1976 for a total of 6 years and 58 days. The Adelskalender is an all-time allround speed skating ranking.[6]

  • Schenk (Oslo, 1967)
    Schenk (Oslo, 1967)
  • Schenk (Grenoble, 1968)
    Schenk (Grenoble, 1968)
  • Schenk (Oslo, 1972)
    Schenk (Oslo, 1972)

See also

References

  1. ^ Koomen 1973
  2. ^ Most world records set by men at SpeedSkatingStats.com
  3. ^ Most world records set by women at SpeedSkatingStats.com
  4. ^ A sprint combination world record was only introduced in the next season.
  5. ^ "Ard Schenk". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-02-12. Retrieved 2007-02-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Adelskalender pages of Evert Stenlund

Bibliography

  • Bal, Rien and Van Dijk, Rob. Schaatskampioenen, alles over het seizoen 68-69 (Speedskating Champions, all about the season 68-69) . Amsterdam, the Netherlands: N.V. Het Parool, 1969. (Dutch)
  • Eng, Trond. All Time International Championships, Complete Results: 1889 - 2002. Askim, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2002.
  • Froger, Fred R. Topsporters: Ard Schenk * Kees Verkerk (Elite Athletes: Ard Schenk * Kees Verkerk). Bussum, the Netherlands: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1967. (Dutch)
  • ___________ Winnaars op de schaats (Victors on Skates), Een Parool Sportpocket. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: N.V. Het Parool, 1968. (Dutch)
  • Koomen, Theo. 10 Jaar Topschaatsen (10 Years Elite Speedskating). Laren (NH), the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Luitingh, 1971. ISBN 90-245-0114-8. (Dutch)
  • _________ Topschaatsen 1972 (Elite Speedskating 1972). Laren (NH), the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Luitingh, 1972. ISBN 90-245-0152-0. (Dutch)
  • _________ Topschaatsen 3 (Elite Speedskating 3). Laren (NH), the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Luitingh, 1973. ISBN 90-245-0194-6. (Dutch)
  • Maaskant, Piet. Flitsende Ijzers, De geschiedenis van de schaatssport (Flashing Blades, the History of Dutch Speedskating). Zwolle, the Netherlands: La Rivière & Voorhoeve, 1967 (Second revised and expanded edition). (Dutch)
  • _________ Heya, Heya! Het nieuwe boek van de Schaatssport (Heya, Heya! The New book of Dutch Speedskating). Zwolle, the Netherlands: La Rivière & Voorhoeve, 1970. (Dutch)
  • Peereboom, Klaas. Van Jaap Eden tot Ard Schenk (From Jaap Eden till Ard Schenk). Baarn, the Netherlands: De Boekerij, 1972. ISBN 90-225-0346-1. (Dutch)
  • Schenk, Ard and Racké, Fred. Ard Apart, mijn groei naar de top (Ard on his own, his growth to the Top). Alkmaar, the Netherlands: Verenigde Noordhollandse Dagbladen, 1971. (Dutch)
  • Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889 - 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior, allround/sprint. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989. (Norwegian)
  • Van Eyle, Wim. Een Eeuw Nederlandse Schaatssport (A Century of Dutch Speedskating). Utrecht, the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, 1982. ISBN 90-274-9476-2. (Dutch)
  • Witkamp, Anton and Koning, Dolf (eds.). Schaatsgoud '72 (Speedskating Gold '72). Bussum, the Netherlands: Teleboek NV, 1972. ISBN 90-6122-204-4. (Dutch)
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Awards
Preceded by Dutch Sportsman of the Year
with Kees Verkerk
1966 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Dutch Sportsman of the Year
1970 to 1972 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Oscar Mathisen Award
1970–1972 		Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Netherlands
1964 Innsbruck 		Succeeded by
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