Michael Hadschieff

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Men’s Speed Skating
Olympic medal record
Bronze	1988 Calgary	1,500 m
Silver	1988 Calgary	10,000 m

Michael Florian Hadschieff (born 5 October 1963 in Innsbruck) is a former speed skater from Austria.

At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Michael Hadschieff participated in all five distances (500 m - 1,000 m - 1,500 m - 5,000 m - 10,000 m), winning medals in two of those. This performance earned him the first place in the Adelskalender, the all-time allround speed skating ranking, taking over first place from Nikolay Gulyayev. Only 3 days later, he lost this first place to Eric Flaim.

Hadschieff won two World Cups: On the 1,500 m in 1986 and on the 1,000 m in 1989. His second win was a first place shared with Eric Flaim. Other notable results include winning silver at the European Allround Championships and bronze at the World Allround Championships, both in 1987.

Hadschieff was awarded the Austrian Sportler des Jahres ("Sportsman of the Year") title in 1986.

[edit] Personal records

Distance	Time	Date	Location
500 m	37.85	26 February 1989	Heerenveen
1,000 m	1:13.84	18 February 1988	Calgary
1,500 m	1:52.31	20 February 1988	Calgary
3,000 m	3:59.42	19 March 1987	Heerenveen
5,000 m	6:47.93	4 December 1987	Calgary
10,000 m	13:56.11	21 February 1988	Calgary