Stephanie Beckert
Beckert in 2010
Personal information
Born (1988-05-30) 30 May 1988
Erfurt, East Germany
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
ClubESC Erfurt, Erfurt
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2010 VancouverTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2010 Vancouver3000 m
Silver medal – second place2010 Vancouver5000 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 Inzell5000 m
Silver medal – second place2012 Heerenveen3000 m
Silver medal – second place2012 Heerenveen5000 m
Bronze medal – third place2011 Inzell3000 m
Bronze medal – third place2011 InzellTeam pursuit

Stephanie Beckert (born 30 May 1988) is a long-distance speed skater from Germany.[1] She had a fourth place standing at the 2008–09 women's 3000/5000 m World Cup.[2] At the 2010 Winter Olympics she won one gold and two silver medals.[3]

Her mother Angela and five younger brothers and sisters all did speed skating,[4] and one of the brothers, Patrick, competed at the 2010 Olympics.[3] Her father Detlef is a retired handball player. Stephanie first trained in figure skating, but at the age of 10 switched to speed skating. Since October 2006 Beckert is serving in the German Army and has a rank of sergeant.[5]

References

  1. ↑ CTV Olympic profile. Ctvolympics.ca. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
  2. ↑ ESSENT ISU WORLD CUP 2008/2009. isuresults.eu
  3. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stephanie Beckert". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  4. ↑ Peter Ahrens (February 2010) Eisschnellläuferin Stephanie Beckert: Gundas stille Teilhaberin. spiegel.de
  5. ↑ Olympia: Gold, Silber und Bronze für Bundeswehrsportler. bmvg.de (18 February 2010)
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