Günter Traub

Günter Traub ( born March 13 1939 in Schweinfurt ) is a former German roll and speed skaters. He was a multiple world and European champion in the high-speed rolling.

In speed skating, he could set up in 1963 in Madonna di Campiglio for the first time since the early days of the sport as a German athlete and a world record while in the " supreme discipline " Big Four battle. The record, however, was taken from him only hours later in Hamar Norway by Knut Johannesen again. At the end of his career Günter Traub was 1968 again set a world record in this discipline.

He joined in 1964 and 1968 at the Olympic Winter Games for the Federal Republic of Germany or the entire German team, finishing as the best placement each one eleventh place. At the World Championships 1963 he was ranked twelve and the European Championships in 1962 in sixth place and each ninth in 1963 and 1964. Günter Traub was on the routes 1000-10000 meters up each new German records, he was 1961-1968 four times German champion, and twice runner-up.

From 1969 to 1970, he coached the U.S. team in speed skating, which included, among others, Peter Mueller, Dianne Holum and Eric Heiden. 1970 ended Traub his career after a serious training accident in which he suffered 23 broken bones. After his recovery, he was coach of the Italian speed skater and accompanied the team to the Winter Olympics 1972 in Sapporo. 1972 Traub moved into motorsport and has been a fitness trainer of the international Ford car racing team, which included, among others, Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, ​​Jochen Mass and Hans- Joachim Stuck.

In 1999, he came at the age of 60 years back to the speed skating and became world champion in his age group. In addition, he set a new world record auf.Zwischen 2000 and 2002, he could be world champion again, reaching a total of seven world records in the age group over 60 years.

Traub now lives in St. Moritz, where she works as a certified physical education teacher and mental coach. He coached among others Juan Carlos of Spain, Michael Schumacher and Hubert Burda. In 1990 he also had a brief cameo appearance in the action film Fire, Ice & Dynamite, in which Roger Moore held the lead role.