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Stephanie Beckert

German speed skater (born 1988)

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Stephanie Beckert

Beckert in 2010

Personal information

Born

(1988-05-30) 30 May 1988 (age 35)
Erfurt, East Germany

Height

1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Weight

69 kg (152 lb)

Sport

Speed skating

Club

ESC Erfurt, Erfurt

Medal record

Women's speed skating

Representing Germany
Olympic Games
	2010 Vancouver	Team pursuit
	2010 Vancouver	3000 m
	2010 Vancouver	5000 m
World Championships
	2011 Inzell	5000 m
	2012 Heerenveen	3000 m
	2012 Heerenveen	5000 m
	2011 Inzell	3000 m
	2011 Inzell	Team 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

^ CTV Olympic profile. Ctvolympics.ca. Retrieved on 2013-01-27.
^ ESSENT ISU WORLD CUP 2008/2009. isuresults.eu
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Peter Ahrens (February 2010) Eisschnellläuferin Stephanie Beckert: Gundas stille Teilhaberin. spiegel.de
^ Olympia: Gold, Silber und Bronze für Bundeswehrsportler. bmvg.de (18 February 2010)