Ans Schut
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s speed skating | |||
| Gold | 1968 Grenoble | 3000 m | |
Johanna Schut (born 26 November 1944 in Apeldoorn, Gelderlands), better known as Ans Schut, is a former speed skater from the Netherlands.
Ans Schut had her best year in 1968 when, after winning silver at the World Allround Championships, she became Olympic Champion on the 3,000 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Her time of 4:56.2 (a new Olympic record) was an excellent time those days and she won well ahead of Finnish skater Kaija Mustonen and Dutch compatriot Stien Kaiser, the 3,000 m world record holder at the time.
In 1969, Schut won silver at the European Allround Championships and bronze at the World Allround Championships. That year, she also skated five world records. The next two years, she fell a few times during international championships (although she did manage to win bronze at the World Allround Championships in 1970) and somewhat disillusioned, she ended her speed skating career in 1971. That same year, she got married. Schut has three children.
[edit] World records
Over the course of her career, Schut skated 5 world records:
| Distance | Result | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,000 m | 4:52.0 | 2 February 1969 | Grenoble |
| 3,000 m | 4:50.4 | 9 February 1969 | Davos |
| 1,500 m | 2:18.5 | 22 February 1969 | Inzell |
| 3,000 m | 4:50.3 | 23 February 1969 | Inzell |
| Mini combination | 185.500 | 23 February 1969 | Inzell |
[edit] References
| Olympic champions in women's 3000 m speed skating |
|---|
| 1960: Lidia Skoblikova | 1964: Lidia Skoblikova | 1968: Ans Schut | 1972: Stien Baas-Kaiser | 1976: Tatyana Averina | 1980: Bjørg Eva Jensen | 1984: Andrea Schöne | 1988: Yvonne van Gennip | 1992: Gunda Niemann | 1994: Svetlana Bazhanova | 1998: Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | 2002: Claudia Pechstein | 2006: Ireen Wüst |
