Sylvia Brunner

Sylvia Brunner
Personal information
Born January 11, 1958 (1958-01-11) (age 54)
Davos, Graubünden
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 58 kg (130 lb; 9.1 st)
Sport
Country  Switzerland
Sport Speed skating
Medal record
Competitor for  Switzerland
Women's speed skating
Olympic Games
World Championships

Sylvia Brunner (during her marriage Jörg-Brunner) (born in Davos, 11 January 1958) is a former speed skater who represented her native country Switzerland in two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States.

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History

Sylvia Brunner first came to the attention of the speedskating world when she won the first of her eight Swiss sprint titles in 1976, just 18 years old. The next years she won the Swiss allround championships six times and participating in the international championships; twice at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships (1977 and 1978, winning a silver distance medal on the 500 meter both times); eight times at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships (1977–1984); three times at the European Speed Skating Championships (1981–1983) and once at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships (1982) and the two before mentioned Winter Olympics. Over the course of her career Sylvia Brunner skated three speed skating world records for Juniors.

Records

Over the course of her career, Sylvia Brunner skated three Junior World Records:

Junior World records, data from[1]
Distance Result Date Location
500 m 43.53 27 Jan 1978 Davos
500 m 43.27 28 Jan 1978 Davos
Sprint combination 176.075 27/28 Jan 1978 Davos
Personal records, data from[2][3]
Distance Result Date Location
500 m 41.2 5 Feb 1984 Davos
1,000 m 1:23.54 21 Jan 1984 Davos
1,500 m 2:12.27 29 Jan 1984 Davos
3,000 m 4:47.3 29 Dec 1981 Inzell
5,000 m 8:22.77 12 Dec 1982 Inzell
Sprint combination 168.350 12/13 Feb 1983 Davos
Mini combination 177.799 28/29 Dec 1981 Inzell
Small combination 186.667 3/4 Mar 1983 Inzell

References

Notes
  1. ^ Eng and Koolhaas 1985, p. 120.
  2. ^ Eng and Koolhaas 1985, p. 131.
  3. ^ Eng, Petersen and Teigen 1989, p. 58.
Bibliography
  • Eng, Trond with Marnix Koolhaas. National All Time & Encyclopedia Men/Ladies as at 1.7.1985, Issue 1, Volume 2: Italy - Switzerland - Spain. Degernes, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1985.
  • Eng, Trond with Preben G. Petersen and Magne Teigen. World All Time "Vierkampf", 1.7.1989. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.

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