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Dan Immerfall
Personal information
Full nameDaniel James Immerfall
BornDecember 14, 1955 (1955-12-14) (age 68)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Sport
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Innsbruck 500 m
World Sprint Championships
Silver medal – second place 1976 West Berlin Sprint

Daniel James Immerfall (born December 14, 1955) is a former speed skater from the United States who specialised in the 500 meters.

Immerfall was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and started competing locally at a very young age.[clarification needed] When he was 20, Immerfall won bronze at the 1976 Winter Olympics of Innsbruck on the 500 m. One month later, he won silver at the World Sprint Championships behind Swedish skater Johan Granath, though Granath did not win on any of the four distances, while Immerfall won both 500 m races. Immerfall was inducted in the National Speedskating Hall of Fame in 1987.

As of 2007, Immerfall is a head referee for the International Skating Union. He has two children, Ben and Abby, who are both competitive swimmers.

Olympic career

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1976, Innsbruck, Austria

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  • 500 m: BRONZE MEDAL
  • 1,000 meters: 12th

1980, Lake Placid, New York

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  • 500 m: 5th

1984, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

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  • Alternate; did not compete

Personal records

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Event Result Date Venue WR
500 m 37.98 19 January 1980 Davos 37.00
1,000 m 1:17.46 20 January 1980 Davos 1:13.60
1,500 m 2:04.84 18 January 1976 Madonna di Campiglio 1:58.7 
3,000 m 4:41.29 15 January 1978 Milwaukee 4:08.3 
5,000 m 8:10.45 12 February 1977 Heerenveen 7:02.38

References

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