Dan Immerfall

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  United States
Men's Speed skating
Innsbruck 1976 500 m

Daniel ("Dan") James Immerfall (born December 14, 1955) is a former speed skater from the United States who specialised in the 500 meters. Dan Immerfall was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and started competing locally at a very young age. When he was 20, Immerfall won bronze at the 1976 Winter Olympics of Innsbruck on the 500 m. One month later, he won silver at the World Sprint Championships behind Swedish skater Johan Granath, though Granath did not win on any of the four distances, while Immerfall won both 500 m races. Immerfall was inducted in the National Speedskating Hall of Fame in 1987.

As of 2007, Immerfall is a head referee for the International Skating Union. He has two children, Ben and Abby, who are both competitive swimmers.

Olympic career

1976, Innsbruck, Austria

1980, Lake Placid, New York

1984, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the column WR lists the official world records on the dates that Immerfall skated his personal records.

EventResultDateVenueWR
500 m37.9819 January 1980Davos37.00
1,000 m1:17.4620 January 1980Davos1:13.60
1,500 m2:04.8418 January 1976Madonna di Campiglio1:58.7
3,000 m4:41.2915 January 1978Milwaukee4:08.3
5,000 m8:10.4512 February 1977Heerenveen7:02.38

References


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