Anni Friesinger-Postma

Anni Friesinger - Postma ( born Anna Christine Friesinger; born January 11, 1977 in Bad Reichenhall ) is a German former speed skater. The three -time Olympic gold medalist and 16- time World Champion is one of the most famous German winter sportsmen and the most popular German speed skaters of all time. She became famous by successes such as their victory at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City and numerous other wins and placings.

Family

Friesinger - Postma is the daughter of the German Georg Friesinger (1953-1996) and the Polish Janina Korowicka (born 1954 ), both skaters. She has a brother, John Fries Inger, who is also a speed skater. Her sister Agnes Friesinger was also an internationally successful speed skater. On 11 August 2009 she married in Salzburg Mirabell Palace, her longtime partner, the former Dutch skater Ids Postma, which she celebrated in Aigen castle. She lives mainly in Salzburg and on a farm in the Dutch Dearsum, the birthplace of her husband in Friesland. Since August 12, 2011 is Friesinger mother of a daughter.

Athlete profile

Anni Friesinger - Postma was in the Speed ​​Skating to the typical all-rounders. You could keep up with their international competitors in both the indoor 500 -meter sprint, as well as on the longer, pronounced stamina routes over 3000 and 5000 m. The 1000 and 1500 m, they dominated in recent years before their careers end.

She speaks German, English and Dutch. Also, due to their success in the all-round four-way battle in the Netherlands it is very popular and popular. Her husband is retired from active professional sport Dutch skater Ids Postma. Friesinger - Postma 's athlete ambassador of development organization Right to Play, supports the Christiane Eichenhofer Foundation, and the Children Rheumatism Foundation and is always active for the German AIDS Help.

Sports career

When the speed skater, 2004 in Seoul Single Distances Championships Anni Friesinger - Postma won on their parade route over 1,500 yards for the third time in a row and for the fourth time since 1998 the world title. At the German Championships, she finished in first place twelve times. At the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin she won gold in the team pursuit. In the 1000 m individual they won bronze behind their long-standing Dutch girlfriend Marianne Timmer and Cindy Klassen ( Canada). The top three runners were doing within 6 hundredths of a second.

At the Olympic Games 2010 in Vancouver Friesinger - Postma was handicapped by problems with the operating in the summer of 2008 because of a right knee Radu case. About 1,000 m they reached the 14th place, after they ran insecure in a curve and slid out with the right leg as the best German speed skater. About 1,500 meters Friesinger - Postma was then ninth. Together with Daniela Anschütz - Thoms and Stephanie Beckert, she participated in the team pursuit. In the semi final against the United States Friesinger - Postma came in the penultimate corner from the running rhythm and lost the connection to Beckert and Anschütz - Thoms. Alone they constantly crashed a few meters before the finish line and slid on his stomach across the finish line. In the slides they held out his right leg, sparking at the finish line timing, which is oriented to the top runners and could thus save a margin of two tenths of a second ahead of Team USA to the finish. In the final Katrin Mattscherodt went as planned earlier instead of Friesinger - Postma, the German team defeated Japan just two hundredths of a second. Once in a knee operation in March 2010 a severe cartilage damage was found, Anni Friesinger - Postma declared in July 2010 her retirement from active competition.

After the active career

In January 2011, she was at the European Championships in Italy Ritten as an analyst of the Dutch NOS television there and co - hosted today the international title fights. Since early 2011, Anni Friesinger is brand ambassador of the SDK. In addition, she works for the company Medima and K2 Sports.

Beyond the sporting area they tried with the docu-soap Real Cool Runnings, which was broadcast on the German private broadcaster VOX early 2014 to take in the entertainment area on foot. In this TV format it came to the idea to make Kenyan runners speed skater, who were trained and supported by Anni Friesinger and Michael Stöberl. On the part of the Bild newspaper there was shortly after the airing of the first episode allegations of racism and that they " [ ... ] black mockery of " doing. The athlete denied these allegations of yourself and the newspapers evaluated the program as not racist.

Victories and placements

  • German Championships Junior Women 9 x 1st place
  • German Championship 13 x 1st place
  • European (so called "little four- fight " consisting of 500 m, 3000 m, 1500 m and 5000 m) 2005: 1st place
  • 2004: 1st place
  • 2003: 1st place
  • 2002: 1st place
  • 2000: 1st place
  • 1998: 2nd place
  • World Championships Junior 1996: 1st place
  • 1995: 2nd place
  • 1994: 2nd place
  • Overall World Cup 1000 m 2008: 1st place
  • 2007: 3rd place
  • 2006: 1st place
  • Overall World Cup 1500 m 2007: 2nd place
  • 2006: 1st place
  • 2004: 1st place
  • 2002: 1st place
  • 2001: 1st place
  • Overall World Cup 3000 m / 5000 m 2005: 3rd place
  • 2004: 3rd place
  • 2002: 1st place
  • 2001: 3rd place
  • 2000: 3rd place
  • The situated world records 7, of which 4 junior world records: 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, all-round
  • 3 × 1500 m
  • 1 × 1500 m outdoor world record
  • 1 × 1000 m outdoor world record
  • Personal Best 500m - 37.77 sec.
  • 1000m - 1:13,49 min. ( German record )
  • 1500m - 1:53,09 min. ( German record )
  • 3000m - 3:58,52 min.
  • 5000 m - 6:58,39 min.

(Updated: August 11, 2008)

Awards

  • 2007 Bavarian sports award, category " personal prize of the Bavarian Minister President "
  • 2005 Sportswoman of the Year, 2nd Place
  • 2004 Sportswoman of the Year, 2nd Place
  • 2003 Sportswoman of the Year, 2nd Place
  • 2003 skater of the year
  • 2002 Sports Personality Award from Euro Sport
  • 2001 Sportswoman of the Year, 2nd Place
  • 1996 Junior Sportswoman of the Year of the German Sports Aid Foundation

Autobiography

  • My life, my sport, my best fitness tips March 2004 Goldmann. ISBN 3-442-39059-1
Gianni Romme World Junior Speed Skating Championships Winter Olympic Games World All-Round Speed Skating Championships 2001 World Allround Speed Skating Championships 2002 World Allround Speed Skating Championships 2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships 2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships 2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships World Single Distance Championships 1997 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 1998 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 2000 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 2001 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 2003 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 2004 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 2005 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships European Speed Skating Championships ISU Speed Skating World Cup Schloss Aigen Boarnsterhim Nederlandse Omroep Stichting VOX (TV channel) List of Olympic medalists in speed skating Dianne Holum Galina Stepanskaya Annie Borckink Jorien ter Mors Claudia Pechstein Integrated Authority File
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