Daniel James Immerfall (born December 14, 1955) is a former speed skater from the United States who specialised in the 500 meters.
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Full name | Daniel James Immerfall | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | December 14, 1955 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. | (age 68)||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Immerfall was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and started competing locally at a very young age.[clarification needed] 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[update], Immerfall is a head referee for the International Skating Union. He has two children, Ben and Abby, who are both competitive swimmers.
Olympic career
edit1976, Innsbruck, Austria
edit- 500 m: BRONZE MEDAL
- 1,000 meters: 12th
1980, Lake Placid, New York
edit- 500 m: 5th
1984, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
edit- Alternate; did not compete
Personal records
editEvent | Result | Date | Venue | WR |
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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 |
References
editExternal links
edit- 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.