Denny Morrison
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's speed skating | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Silver | 2006 Turin | Team pursuit | |
| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 2007 Salt Lake City | 1000 m | |
| Bronze | 2007 Salt Lake City | 1500 m | |
| Silver | 2007 Salt Lake City | Team pursuit | |
Denny Morrison (born on September 8, 1985 in Chetwynd, British Columbia) is a Canadian speedskater from Fort St. John, British Columbia. His best distance, so far in his career, is the 1500-m, where his personal best 1:42.97 is the 3rd best in the world (as of January 2007), but he is also a strong allrounder. He won 4th places in the Junior World Allround Championships in 2004 and 2005, and a 5th place in his first senior World Allround in 2006. He holds the current 10th place on the allround best-ever Adelskalender (as of January 2007), and is the best Canadian skater on this list.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Morrison won a silver medal as part of the Canadian men's speed skating pursuit team. Individually, Morrison won a silver in the 1500-m and a bronze in the 1000-m at a World Cup event in Turin in 2005–06.
In 2007, Morrison won gold in the 1,000 metre event in Calgary in the World Cup finals with a time of 1:07:24. He set a Canadian record, bettering his idol, Jeremy Wotherspoon. In that same weekend, Morrison also won a bronze in the 1,500 metre event.
Morrison also participated in the 2007 World Single Distance Championships, and achieved good results, winning three medals, bronze in the 1500m and silver in the 1000m, losing both times to Shani Davis. In the team pursuit event he, along with Arne Dankers and Justin Warsylewicz, set an early best time, which broke the old team pursuit world record (previously held by Morrison, Dankers and Steven Elm) but the Dutch team of Sven Kramer, Erben Wennemars and Carl Verheijen would go on to beat the time set by Canada by five-tenths of a second, relegating Canada to 2nd place. [1]
| Personal records | ||||
| Men's speed skating | ||||
| Distance | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500 m | 35.23 | |||
| 1000 m | 1:07.24 | |||
| 1500 m | 1:42.97 | |||
| 5000 m | 6:24.13 | |||
| 10000 m | 13:45.14 | |||
