Ard Schenk
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s speed skating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 1968 Grenoble | 1500 m | |
| Gold | 1972 Sapporo | 1500 m | |
| Gold | 1972 Sapporo | 5000 m | |
| Gold | 1972 Sapporo | 10000 m | |
Adrianus "Ard" Schenk (born 16 September 1944 in Anna Paulowna) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who is considered to be one of the best in history.
In the early 1970s Schenk dominated international speed skating. His career peaked in 1972, when in addition to winning three gold medals during the Olympic Games in Sapporo (a fall on the 500 m caused him to miss the opportunity to win gold in all 4 distances), he also won the European Allround and the World Allround Championships. He became World Allround Champion by winning all 4 distances, a feat that nobody had performed since Ivar Ballangrud 40 years earlier. In addition, he won bronze that year at the World Sprint Championships. By the end of the season, he held all world records except for the 500 m. The next season (1973, he turned professional with a number of other prominent speed skaters, thereby foregoing the opportunity of winning more championships. The professional circuit lasted only one season and Schenk retired from speed skating at the relatively young age of 29.
Throughout his career he broke an unequalled 18 world records. He was the first to skate the 10,000 meters under 15 minutes, and the first skater to finish the 1,500 meters in less than 2 minutes.
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[edit] Merits
- 1966 European Champion
- 1968 Olympic silver medal, 1,500 meters
- 1970 World & European Champion
- 1971 World Champion
- 1972 World & European Champion, 3 Olympic gold medals
[edit] World records
Over the course of his career, Schenk skated 18 world records:
| Distance | Result | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,500 m | 2:06.2 | 26 January 1966 | Davos |
| 3,000 m | 4:26.2 | 29 January 1966 | Inzell |
| 1,500 m | 2:05.3 | 30 January 1966 | Inzell |
| 3,000 m | 4:18.4 | 25 February 1967 | Inzell |
| 1,000 m | 1:20.6 | 28 February 1967 | Inzell |
| 1,000 m | 1:20.6 | 5 February 1968 | Davos |
| 3,000 m | 4:12.6 | 15 January 1971 | Davos |
| 1,500 m | 1:58.7 | 16 January 1971 | Davos |
| Big combination | 171.317 | 31 January 1971 | Oslo |
| 10,000 m | 15:01.6 | 14 February 1971 | Gothenburg |
| Big combination | 171.130 | 14 February 1971 | Gothenburg |
| 1,000 m | 1:18.8 | 20 February 1971 | Inzell |
| 5,000 m | 7:12.0 | 13 March 1971 | Inzell |
| 10,000 m | 14:55.9 | 14 March 1971 | Inzell |
| Big combination | 168.248 | 14 March 1971 | Inzell |
| 3,000 m | 4:08.3 | 2 March 1972 | Inzell |
| 5,000 m | 7:09.8 | 4 March 1972 | Inzell |
| Big combination | 167.420 | 5 March 1972 | Inzell |
[edit] Personal records
To put these personal records in perspective, the column WR lists the official world records on the dates that Schenk skated his personal records, and, since these world-records often were Schenk’s, the column AE lists the best time skated by anyone else before those dates.
| Distance | Result | Date | Location | WR | AE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 38.9 | 15 January 1971 | Davos | 38.46 | 38.46 |
| 1,000 m | 1:18.8 | 20 February 1971 | Inzell | 1:19.2 | 1:19.2 |
| 1,500 m | 1:58.7 | 16 January 1971 | Davos | 2:01.9 | 2:01.9 |
| 3,000 m | 4:08.3 | 2 March 1972 | Inzell | 4:12.6 | 4:15.7 |
| 5,000 m | 7:09.8 | 4 March 1972 | Inzell | 7:12.0 | 7.13.2 |
| 10,000 m | 14:55.9 | 14 March 1971 | Inzell | 15:01.6 | 15:11.1 |
| Big combination | 167.420 | 5 March 1972 | Inzell | 168.248 | 170.648 |
Schenk has an Adelskalender score of 166.241 points. He was number one on the Adelskalender from 13 January 1966 until 27 February 1967 and again from 13 February 1971 until 19 March 1976 for a total of 6 years and 58 days. The Adelskalender is an all-time allround speed skating ranking.
[edit] References
| Leaders of the Adelskalender |
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Rudolf Ericsson - Peder Østlund - Jaap Eden - Oscar Mathisen - Ivar Ballangrud - Michael Staksrud - Åke Seyffarth - Nikolay Mamonov - Hjalmar Andersen - Boris Shilkov - Dmitriy Sakunenko - Juhani Järvinen - Knut Johannesen - Jonny Nilsson - Per Ivar Moe - Eduard Matusevich - Ard Schenk - Kees Verkerk - Magne Thomassen - Hans van Helden - Vladimir Lobanov - Jan Egil Storholt - Sergey Marchuk - Vladimir Belov - Eric Heiden - Viktor Shasherin - Andrej Bobrov - Nikolay Gulyayev - Michael Hadschieff - Eric Flaim - Johann Olav Koss - Falko Zandstra - Rintje Ritsma - Gianni Romme - Jochem Uytdehaage - Chad Hedrick |
| Olympic champions in men's 1500 m speed skating |
|---|
| 1924: Clas Thunberg | 1928: Clas Thunberg | 1932: Jack Shea | 1936: Charles Mathiesen | 1948: Sverre Farstad | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Yevgeny Grishin / Yuri Mikhaylov | 1960: Roald Aas / Yevgeny Grishin | 1964: Ants Antson | 1968: Kees Verkerk | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Jan Egil Storholt | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Gaétan Boucher | 1988: André Hoffmann | 1992: Johann Olav Koss | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Ådne Søndrål | 2002: Derek Parra | 2006: Enrico Fabris |
| Olympic champions in men's 5000 m speed skating |
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| 1924: Clas Thunberg | 1928: Ivar Ballangrud | 1932: Irving Jaffee | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Reidar Liaklev | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Boris Shilkov | 1960: Viktor Kosichkin | 1964: Knut Johannesen | 1968: Fred Anton Maier | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Sten Stensen | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Tomas Gustafson | 1988: Tomas Gustafson | 1992: Geir Karlstad | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Gianni Romme | 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage | 2006: Chad Hedrick |
| Olympic champions in men's 10000 m speed skating |
|---|
| 1924: Julius Skutnabb | 1932: Irving Jaffee | 1936: Ivar Ballangrud | 1948: Åke Seyffarth | 1952: Hjalmar Andersen | 1956: Sigvard Ericsson | 1960: Knut Johannesen | 1964: Jonny Nilsson | 1968: Johnny Höglin | 1972: Ard Schenk | 1976: Piet Kleine | 1980: Eric Heiden | 1984: Igor Malkov | 1988: Tomas Gustafson | 1992: Bart Veldkamp | 1994: Johann Olav Koss | 1998: Gianni Romme | 2002: Jochem Uytdehaage | 2006: Bob de Jong |
| Preceded by Anton Geesink |
Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1966 |
Succeeded by Kees Verkerk |
| Preceded by Tom Okker |
Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1970 to 1972 |
Succeeded by Johan Cruijff |
| Preceded by Dag Fornæss |
Oscar Mathisen Award 1970–1972 |
Succeeded by Göran Claeson |
Categories: 1944 births | Living people | Dutch speed skaters | Olympic competitors for the Netherlands | Speed skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics | Speed skaters at the 1972 Winter Olympics | Winter Olympics medalists | Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands | Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
