Dan Immerfall

Daniel James Immerfall (born December 14, 1955) is a former speed skater from the United States who specialised in the 500 meters.

Dan Immerfall

Personal information
Full name	Daniel James Immerfall
Born	December 14, 1955 (1955-12-14) (age 68) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Sport
Sport	Speed skating
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing United States Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck 500 m World Sprint Championships 1976 West Berlin Sprint

Immerfall was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and started competing locally at a very young age. When he was 20, Immerfall won bronze at the 1976 Winter Olympics of Innsbruck on the 500 m. One month later, he won silver at the World Sprint Championships behind Swedish skater Johan Granath, though Granath did not win on any of the four distances, while Immerfall won both 500 m races. Immerfall was inducted in the National Speedskating Hall of Fame in 1987.

As of 2007, Immerfall is a head referee for the International Skating Union. He has two children, Ben and Abby, who are both competitive swimmers.

Olympic career

1976, Innsbruck, Austria

• 500 m: BRONZE MEDAL
• 1,000 meters: 12th

1980, Lake Placid, New York

• 500 m: 5th

1984, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

• Alternate; did not compete

Personal records

Event	Result	Date	Venue	WR
500 m	37.98	19 January 1980	Davos	37.00
1,000 m	1:17.46	20 January 1980	Davos	1:13.60
1,500 m	2:04.84	18 January 1976	Madonna di Campiglio	1:58.7
3,000 m	4:41.29	15 January 1978	Milwaukee	4:08.3
5,000 m	8:10.45	12 February 1977	Heerenveen	7:02.38

External links

• Daniel Immerfall at the International Skating Union
• Daniel Immerfall at Olympics.com
• Dan Immerfall at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Daniel J. Immerfall at Team USA

• Dan Immerfall at SkateResults.com Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
• Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
• Dan Immerfall. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
• Historical World Records. International Skating Union (2007-06-12). Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
• Speedskating Hall of Fame – Speed Skaters. The National Speedskating Museum and Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.