Ard Schenk

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Olympic medal record
Men’s speed skating
Silver 1968 Grenoble 1500 m
Gold 1972 Sapporo 1500 m
Gold 1972 Sapporo 5000 m
Gold 1972 Sapporo 10000 m

Adrianus ("Ard") Schenk (born 16 September 1944 in Anna Paulowna, Noord-Holland) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who is considered to be one of the best in history.

In the early 1970s Schenk dominated international speed skating. His career peaked in 1972, when in addition to winning three gold medals during the Olympic Games in Sapporo (a fall on the 500 m caused him to miss the opportunity to win gold in all 4 distances), 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 performed since Ivar Ballangrud 40 years earlier. In addition, he won bronze that year at the World Sprint Championships. By the end of the season, he held the world records in the 1,000 m, 1,500 m, 3,000 m, 5,000 m, 10,000 m, and the big combination.

Throughout his career he broke 18 world records. He was the first to skate the 10,000 meters under 15 minutes, and the first skater to finish the 1,500 meters in less than 2 minutes.

[edit] Merits

  • 1966 European Champion
  • 1968 Olympic silver medal, 1,500 meters
  • 1970 World & European Champion
  • 1971 World Champion
  • 1972 World & European Champion, 3 Olympic gold medals

[edit] World records

Over the course of his career, Schenk skated 18 world records:

Distance Result Date Location
1,500 m 2:06.2 26 January 1966 Davos
3,000 m 4:26.2 29 January 1966 Inzell
1,500 m 2:05.3 30 January 1966 Inzell
3,000 m 4:18.4 25 February 1967 Inzell
1,000 m 1:20.6 28 February 1967 Inzell
1,000 m 1:20.6 5 February 1968 Davos
3,000 m 4:12.6 15 January 1971 Davos
1,500 m 1:58.7 16 January 1971 Davos
Big combination 171.317 31 January 1971 Oslo
10,000 m 15:01.6 14 February 1971 Gothenburg
Big combination 171.130 14 February 1971 Gothenburg
1,000 m 1:18.8 20 February 1971 Inzell
5,000 m 7:12.0 13 March 1971 Inzell
10,000 m 14:55.9 14 March 1971 Inzell
Big combination 168.248 14 March 1971 Inzell
3,000 m 4:08.3 2 March 1972 Inzell
5,000 m 7:09.8 4 March 1972 Inzell
Big combination 167.420 5 March 1972 Inzell

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Leaders of the Adelskalender

Rudolf Ericsson - Peder Østlund - Jaap Eden - Oscar Mathisen - Ivar Ballangrud - Michael Staksrud - Åke Seyffarth - Nikolay Mamonov - Hjalmar Andersen - Boris Shilkov - Dmitriy Sakunenko - Juhanni Järvinen - Knut Johannesen - Jonny Nilsson - Per Ivar Moe - Eduard Matusevich - Ard Schenk - Kees Verkerk - Magne Thomassen - Hans van Helden - Vladimir Lobanov - Jan Egil Storholt - Sergey Marchuk - Vladimir Belov - Eric Heiden - Viktor Shasherin - Andrej Bobrov - Nikolay Gulyayev - Michael Hadschieff - Eric Flaim - Johann Olav Koss - Falko Zandstra - Rintje Ritsma - Gianni Romme - Jochem Uytdehaage - Chad Hedrick


Olympic champions in men's 1500 m speed skating
1924: Clas Thunberg | 1928: Clas Thunberg | 1932: Jack Shea | 1936: Charles Mathiesen | 1948: Sverre Farstad | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Yevgeny Grishin / Yuri Mikhaylov | 1960: Roald Aas / Yevgeny Grishin  | 1964: Ants Antson | 1968: Kees Verkerk | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Jan Egil Storholt | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Gaétan Boucher | 1988: André Hoffmann | 1992: Johann Olav Koss | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Ådne Søndrål | 2002: Derek Parra | 2006: Enrico Fabris 


Olympic champions in men's 5000 m speed skating
1924: Clas Thunberg | 1928: Ivar Ballangrud | 1932: Irving Jaffee | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Reidar Liaklev | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Boris Shilkov | 1960: Viktor Kosichkin  | 1964: Knut Johannesen | 1968: Fred Anton Maier | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Sten Stensen | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Tomas Gustafson | 1988: Tomas Gustafson | 1992: Geir Karlstad | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Gianni Romme | 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage | 2006: Chad Hedrick 


Olympic champions in men's 10000 m speed skating
1924: Julius Skutnabb | 1932: Irving Jaffee | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Åke Seyffarth | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Sigvard Ericsson | 1960: Knut Johannesen  | 1964: Jonny Nilsson | 1968: Johnny Höglin | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Piet Kleine | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Igor Malkov | 1988: Tomas Gustafson | 1992: Bart Veldkamp | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Gianni Romme | 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage | 2006: Bob de Jong 



Preceded by:
Anton Geesink		 Dutch Sportsman of the Year
1966		 Succeeded by:
Kees Verkerk
Preceded by:
Tom Okker		 Dutch Sportsman of the Year
1970 to 1972		 Succeeded by:
Johan Cruijff


Preceded by:
Dag Fornæss		 Oscar Mathisen Award
1970–1972		 Succeeded by:
Göran Claeson


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