Claudia Pechstein
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| Medal record | |||
 Claudia Pechstein |
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| Women's speed skating | |||
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1994 Lillehammer | 5000 m | |
| Gold | 1998 Nagano | 5000 m | |
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | 3000 m | |
| Gold | 2002 Salt Lake City | 5000 m | |
| Gold | 2006 Turin | Team pursuit | |
| Silver | 1998 Nagano | 3000 m | |
| Silver | 2006 Turin | 5000 m | |
| Bronze | 1992 Albertville | 5000 m | |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | 3000 m | |
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 2007 Salt Lake City | 5000 m | |
| Bronze | 2007 Salt Lake City | Team pursuit | |
| Bronze | 2005 Moscow | Allround | |
| Silver | 2005 Inzell | 3000 m | |
| Silver | 2005 Inzell | 5000 m | |
| Silver | 2004 Hamar | Allround | |
| Gold | 2004 Seoul | 3000 m | |
| Bronze | 2004 Seoul | 5000 m | |
Claudia Pechstein (born 22 February 1972 in East Berlin) is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time. Also her team mates Anni Friesinger and Gunda Niemann are very successful. Pechstein is the first female Winter Olympian to win medals in five consecutive Olympics (1992-2006), and she won the gold medal in the women's 5,000 meter race in three consecutive Olympics (1994-2002), and the silver medal in the fourth (2006). In the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Pechstein won a gold medal in the women's team pursuit and a silver medal in the women's 5,000 meter race. She also entered the 3000 meter skate. Only very strong performances by the Canadian speed skating team prevented more personal success by her.
Claudia Pechstein was also a world record holder on the 5000 m track with the time 6:46.91 achieved on the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City on 23 February 2002, which was beaten by Martina Sáblíková on the same oval five years later.
| Personal records | ||||
| Women's speed skating | ||||
| Distance | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500 m | 38.99 | |||
| 1000 m | 1:16.15 | |||
| 1500 m | 1:54.83 | |||
| 3000 m | 3:57.35 | |||
| 5000 m | 6:46.91 | |||
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| Olympic champions in women's 3000 m speed skating |
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| 1960: Lidia Skoblikova | 1964: Lidia Skoblikova | 1968: Ans Schut | 1972: Stien Baas-Kaiser | 1976: Tatyana Averina | 1980: Bjørg Eva Jensen | 1984: Andrea Schöne | 1988: Yvonne van Gennip | 1992: Gunda Niemann | 1994: Svetlana Bazhanova | 1998: Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | 2002: Claudia Pechstein | 2006: Ireen Wüst |
| Olympic champions in women's 5000 m speed skating |
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| 1988: Yvonne van Gennip | 1992: Gunda Niemann | 1994: Claudia Pechstein | 1998: Claudia Pechstein | 2002: Claudia Pechstein | 2006: Clara Hughes |
| Leaders of the Adelskalender women |
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Natalya Petruseva - Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich - Karin Enke - Gabi Zange-Schönbrunn - Gunda Niemann - Claudia Pechstein - Anni Friesinger - Cindy Klassen |
Categories: 1972 births | Living people | Speed skaters at the 1992 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1994 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics | German speed skaters | Winter Olympics medalists
