Jenny Wolf

Jenny Wolf ( born January 31, 1979 in East Berlin) is a former German speed skater. She won at major events 19 times the gold, nine silver and seven bronze.

Career

Wolf ran in 1986 on a frozen puddle in Berlin- Marzahn for the first time on skates. Her parents were in 1987 carefully a newspaper ad that a skating club is looking for new skaters. She began her career with the Dynamo South East. Your first competition they played in the 1989/90 season at the Berliner Children 's and Youth in the four-way battle of the age group U11 and despite crash was third in the overall standings. After that, they played several competition series in youth. In 1992, she was admitted to the sports school in Hohenschonhausen. In 1996, she was among the German Sprint Championships in Berlin four-way battle with Saisonbestzeit 11, 1997 and 1998 Fifth Sixth. In the German Single Distances Junior Championships 1997 in Erfurt, they won the title over 500 meters and 1000 meters, she was runner-up. In the German Single Distances Championships in Berlin in 1998 she managed a seventh place over 500 meters. In the German Single Distances Junior Championships in Berlin, she was sixth over 500 meters and third over 1000 meters.

1999-2002

In the season 1998/99 she made her debut in the Speed ​​Skating World Cup; they only played a few races. In the World Cup overall rating for 500 meters they came to 33rd place. It was over 500 meters, 1000 meters above Seventh and Sixth in the sprint four- fight in Erfurt at the 1999 German Single Distances Championships in Berlin Ninth. In the season 1999/ 00 she went in the 500-meter races a midfield results and ended up in the overall standings over 500 meters on the 21th Place and in the 1000 meters at the 35th place. In the German championship in sprint four-way battle in 2000 in Inzell, she finished fourth and in the German Single Distances Championships in Berlin in 2000 she won the bronze medal over 500 meters and has over 1000 feet in ten. In their very first single distance world championships in 2000 in Nagano, she took over 500 meters square and 16 at the Sprint World Championships in 2000 in Seoul, she came over 500 meters on the 21th Place.

In the 2000 /01 season, they could improve their performance in the 500 meters. In the overall standings, they landed on the 15th Place. In the single distance world championships in 2001 in Salt Lake City, it improved over 500 meters to the previous year to 13th place. In the second Sprint World Championships in 2001 in Inzell Wolf came on the 26th place. In the German Single Distances Championships in Berlin in 2001 they took the sixth place over 500 meters, Eighth was over 1000 meters and the sprint - four battle in Inzell she reached the seventh place. In the 2001 / 02 season, you get several top ten places. In the overall ranking of the 500 meters was an improvement of the previous year by one place to 14th in the 1000 meters and it landed on the 37th place. In the German Single Distances Championships in Berlin in 2002, it reached over 500 meters in fourth place, over 1000 meters and the seventh place in the sprint four- fight in Erfurt she won the silver medal. Wolf denied, 2002 in Hamar their third Sprint World Championships and improved on-year by three places to 23rd. In her first Olympic Winter Games in 2002 she reached the 15th place in the 500 -meter run.

2003-2006

In the season 2002/ 03 she succeeded at the World Cup in Harbin a second place over 500 meters. In the World Cup overall rating for 500 meters, she came to the seventh place. Thus, it improved significantly in the overall standings. In the German Single Distances Championships 2003 in Erfurt, it was about 100 meters champion, 500-meter runner-up, reaching over 1000 meters in fifth place. In the sprint four- fight in Inzell she was again runner-up behind Monique Garbrecht - Nordenfeldt. In their fourth Sprint World Championships in 2003 in Calgary, she was 17, but ran the second 500 meters, the fourth fastest time. A season later, Wolf managed over 100 meters, the first victory in the World Cup. In the overall standings in the 100 meters she finished second and about 500 meters eighth. In the German Single Distances Championships 2004 in Erfurt, she was champion in the 100 meters again, over 500 meters she won the bronze medal in the sprint with Saisonbestzeit and four- fight in Berlin, she was third. In their third single distance world championships in 2004 in Seoul, it improved considerably over 500 meters. It was with 78.320 seconds Fourth so they missed just three hundredths of a second the bronze medal. In its fifth Sprint World Championships in 2004 in Nagano, she took the 22th place.

In the season 2004/ 05 she succeeded in Erfurt again about 100 meters the second place. At the end of the season they came in the overall standings in the 100 meters as in the previous season again to second place and about 500 meters to tenth place. In the German Single Distances Championships 2005 in Berlin Wolf was again about 100 meters champion, over 500 meters Second, reaching over 1000 meters to sixth place. In the sprint four- fight in Inzell she won the silver medal. Their fourth single distance world championships 2005 in Inzell she finished over 500 meters with eighth place. Your sixth Sprint World Championships in 2005 in Salt Lake City she finished on the 18th place. In the season 2005/ 06 she succeeded partly international breakthrough, because they once won the 100 and twice over 500 meters. They also won the overall ratings in the World Cup on these routes. In the German Single Distances Championships 2006 in Berlin Wolf was over 100 and 500 meters champion again. In the sprint four- fight in Erfurt she took the bronze medal. Before the Olympic Winter Games she had at the Sprint World Championships 2006 in Heerenveen suffered a setback because they only finished 13th at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin in 2006, it reached the 500 - meter race the 6th Place.

2007-2011

Your actual parade route were initially the non-Olympic 100 meters, where she belonged to the world's best. At the beginning of the season 2006/ 07 she made her final breakthrough. She won on her home track two 500 - meter race against the world's elite and set it a world record for the plains on. About 100 meters she ran on 4 March 2007 a ​​new world record in time of 10.28 seconds. So they improved the old record of Svetlana Schurowa by 0.03 seconds. Like last year, Wolf won the overall World Cup on each of the 100 - and 500 - meter track. In the single distance world championships in 2007 in Kearns ( Salt Lake County) she took on the Olympic ice rink of 2002 on 500 meters with a world record time of 37.04 seconds, the gold medal and thus their first medal at the world championships. In the German Single Distances Championships in 2007 in Erfurt, it was about 100 meters champion again, over 500 meters, it was only chipped in 11 Sprint Four fight in Berlin, she won the gold medal.

In the 2007 /08 season they won twice in the 100 and twelve times over 500 meters a race. At the World Cup in Hamar Norway they improved their flatland world record 37.52 seconds, undercutting her five -day-old record from Heerenveen 0.08 seconds. It was about 100 and about 500 meters World Cup winner. In the German Single Distances Championships 2008 in Erfurt, it took over 500 meters the title. In the sprint four- fight in Inzell she took in all disciplines and in total the first place. In the single distance world championships in 2008 in Nagano, she defended on the 500 -meter sprint track their world title from the previous year. In the sprint World Cup in Heerenveen won 19-20. January 2008 the title. With three victories in the 100 meters and with ten wins over 500 meters, she finished the 2008/09 season with two overall World Cup victories in the 100 and 500 meters. In the German Single Distances Championships in Berlin in 2009 she won the title over 500 meters. In the single distance world championships in 2009 in Richmond, they could get for the third time in a row over 500 meters the track with the track record and Saisonbestzeit. When Sprint World Championships 2009 in Moscow could the title from the previous year not defend, but she succeeded twice over 500 meters the first place, twice the tenth place and so they won at least second place overall with Saisonbestzeit.

In the 2009/10 season, she posted eight wins over 500 meters and was back World Cup overall winner. On 11 December 2009 she presented at the World Cup in Salt Lake City in 37.00 seconds again a 500 -meter world record and thus beat its own record again in 2007 by 0.02 seconds. In the German Single Distances Championships in Berlin in 2010 she took over 500 meters back the title. In the Sprint World Cup 2010 in Obihiro, she was third overall, but in the two 500 - meter sprints took Wolf to second place. On February 16, 2010 Wolf won at the Olympic Games in Vancouver about 2 × 500 m silver medal. About 1000 meters they could reach the 17th place on February 18, 2010. As in the previous season, she won eight World Cup over 500 meters and was the sixth time overall World Cup champion over 500 meters. In the German Single Distances Championships 2011 in Erfurt, it took over 500 meters gold and over 1000 meters silver medal. Even with the single distance world championships 2011 in Inzell she could win the title over 500 meters, again with the track record and Saisonbestzeit. The Sprint World Championships 2011 in Heerenveen went for Wolf with a total of eight space disappointing. By the 21th place in the final 1000 - meter race, she was passed on to eighth place.

2012-2014

The 2011/12 season was not as good as previous ones. Wolf won only two races over 500 meters and was in the final ranking on the third place. In the German Single Distances Championships 2012 in Inzell she won over 500 meters the race with Saisonbestzeit. In the sprint four- fight in Berlin, she was indeed gone in the first few races over 500 and 1000 meters at the start, but was not counted because they did not compete on the second day. In the single distance world championships 2012, she came in sixth over 500 meters to the finish. Wolf was up over 500 meters Saisonbestzeit and over 1000 meters personal best in Calgary at the Sprint World Championships in 2012, reaching a total of ninth place with a personal best of 150.670 points. On March 25, 2012 Wolf announced plans to make up to the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi on. There, she won over 500 meters sixth. On March 16, 2014, it ran her last race in Heerenveen and ended after their active career.

Private

In August 2008, Wolf joined the Humboldt -Universität zu Berlin her degree in German with a master's from and then took a degree in business administration in Berlin. Since 2007, Wolf and Oliver Lotze are a pair; January 8, 2011, she married at Schloss Liebenberg.

Awards

  • 2008: Order of Merit of the Federal State of Berlin
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