Claudia Pechstein

She has won five Olympic gold medals winning the 5000 metres in 1994 1998 and 2002 adding the 3000 metres in 2002 and. With a total of nine Olympic medals five gold two silver and two bronze she was the most successful Olympic speed skater male or female of all-time until the gold medal of Ireen Wüst in the 2018 Winter Olympics of PyeongChang and also the most successful.

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Competing in the womens 3000m the 49-year-old Pechstein became both the oldest woman to compete at a Winter.

. At the 2022 German Single Distance Championships 49-year-old Pechstein won her 40th 3000m and 41st 5000m national title beating 19-year-old Victoria Stirnemann who won bronze in both distances. Table of Biography1. Claudia Pechstein becomes oldest female Winter Olympian at 49.

Claudia Pechstein became the oldest female Winter Olympian when she raced in the 3000 metres speed skating at the Beijing Games on Saturday. She was one of the most successful Olympic speed skaters and also the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time. Claudia Pechstein born 22 February 1972 is a German speed skaterShe has won five Olympic gold medals.

She was later accused of blood doping and was banned from competition in 200911. Claudia Pechstein was able to win five Olympic gold medals in four different Olympics and also two silvers as well as two bronzes. Overshadowed early in her career by her teammate Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Claudia Pechstein has persevered to post the greatest long-distance speed skating record at the Olympic Games among women.

Victorias mother is Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann whom Pechstein beat to Olympic 5000m gold at Lillehammer 1994 and Nagano 1998. Claudia Pechstein German speed skater whose nine Olympic medals five gold two silver and two bronze made her one of the sports most decorated Olympians. Bildde 30 Oct 2021.

On day one of the 2022 Winter Olympics German speed skater and nine-time Olympic medalist Claudia Pechstein broke a few records despite finishing off the podium. Claudia Pechstein is a Professional German Speed Skater. Already the first woman to win five consecutive medals.

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