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Also Known As Adrianus Schenk
Born September 16, 1944 (age 80) • Netherlands
Awards And Honors Winter Olympic Games
Hjalmar Andersen
Norwegian speed skater
Johann Olav Koss
Norwegian speed skater
Eric Heiden
Eric Heiden
American athlete
Ivar Ballangrud
Norwegian speed skater
Knut Johannesen
Norwegian speed skater
Sven Kramer
Dutch skater
Yvonne van Gennip
Dutch speed skater
Dianne Holum
American speed skater
Apolo Anton Ohno competing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Apolo Anton Ohno
American speed skater
Clas Thunberg
Finnish speed skater
Karin Enke
German skater
Ireen Wüst
Ireen Wüst
Dutch speed skater
Viktor Ahn
Viktor Ahn
South Korean-born Russian skater
Cindy Klassen
Canadian skater
Pechstein, Claudia
Claudia Pechstein
German speed skater
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann competing at the 1991 world speed skating championships, where she won the world all-around title.
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann
German athlete
Jack Shea
American speed skater
Yevgeny Grishin
Russian speed skater
Irving Jaffee
American speed skater
Lidiya Skoblikova
Lidiya Skoblikova
Russian skater

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