Amy Sannes

Amy Sannes ( born February 3, 1977 in St. Paul ) is a former specializing in short-haul U.S. speed skater.

Amy Sannes began in 1988 with their sport, influenced by the Winter Olympic Games in 1988, and debuted at the international level at the Junior World Championships in 1996 in Calgary, where she finished 14th in the sprint. In Milwaukee they were on January 11, 1997 her World Cup debut. In the B race over 500 meters, it was 15 in late 1998, it launched the first time in Nagano over 500 meters in the A group and was 22 It soon became clear that Sannes was a specialist on the 1000 - meter course. A day later, she reached over this distance in sixth for the first time a place among the top ten. Your best result it reached in January 2001 as the fourth over 1000 meters in Helsinki. Overall, they came across this track 20 times in the top ten. Best in the World Cup rankings were eighth grades on the 1000 meter course rating in the seasons 1998/99 and 2000/ 01.

Between 1998 and 2006 Sannes stepped up to three times at the Olympics. Best position was an eighth place in 2002 in Salt Lake City about 1500 meters and a fifth place with the team in Turin in 2006, where she was, however, used only in the flow. The first world championship in which they took part, was the sprint four-way battle in Berlin in 1998, where she finished 14th. Only once, in the sprint four-way battle in Hamar in 2002, it could reach as Ninth a digit placement. Twice, in 2003 over 1000 and 2005 over 500 meters, was Sannes U.S. Champion. It added six second and four third places in different disciplines.

Sannes launched for the Midway Speedskating Club and was coached by Tom Cushman. After the 2006 Games Sannes ended her career.

Essent ISU World Cup rankings