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2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 Metres
The 1000 metres distance for women in the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over 10 races on seven occasions, out of a total of nine World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 7–9 November 2008, and the final occasion taking place in Salt Lake City, United States, on 6–7 March 2009. Christine Nesbitt of Canada won the cup, while fellow Canadian Kristina Groves came second, and Laurine van Riessen of the Netherlands came third. Defending champion Anni Friesinger Anna ("Anni") Christine Friesinger-Postma (born 11 January 1977) is a German former speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina ("Jana") Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 197 ... of Germany was injured in bicycle accident in the summer of 2008, leading to an operation to her right knee. Having recovered, she made a strong return to the World Cup towards the end of the season ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup
The 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup, officially the ''Essent ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2008–2009'', was a series of international speed skating competitions which ran the entire season. The season started on 7 November 2008 in Berlin, Germany, and ended on 7 March 2009 in Salt Lake City, United States. ''SpeedSkatingStats.com''. In total, nine competition weekends were held at eight different locations, twelve cups were contested (six for men, and six for women), and 84 races took place. The World Cup is organized by the (ISU). Calendar Note: the men's 5000 and 10000 me ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Jing
Yu Jing (; ; born 29 May 1985) is a Chinese long-track speed-skater who specializes in the sprint distances. She became the 2012 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, World Sprint Champion in 2012, setting world records in both the sprint combination and the 500 metres. She held the world record in the sprint combination until Heather Bergsma, Heather Richardson bettered it in January 2013, and the World record progression 500 m speed skating women, world record in 500 metres until Lee Sang-hwa broke it in November 2013. The time, 36.94 seconds, was the Chinese record until broken by Wang Beixing in November 2013. Career Yu Jing made her ISU Speed Skating World Cup, World Cup debut at the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 4, Changchun meeting in 2008, after winning a gold and a bronze at the Asian Championships the year before. Already a week later, Yu won her first World Cup victory in the 500 m 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 5, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xing Aihua
Xing Aihua (, born February 4, 1978) is Chinese long-track speed-skater. She represented China at the 2010 Winter Olympics China participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, sending its largest delegation at a Winter Olympics with 94 athletes. China had its best ever Winter Olympics medal finish, winning five gold medals and eleven ... in the Women's 500m and 1000m. References Chinese female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for China[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Shuang (speed Skater)
Zhang Shuang (born 10 September 1986) is a Chinese long-track speed skater. She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ... in the women's 500 m. Personal records References 1986 births Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Bo-ra
Lee Bo-ra (born 16 August 1986) is a South Korean female speed skater. She competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. She qualified for the Olympics in 2006, in which she placed 25th in 500 m and 34th in 1000 m. She again qualified for the Olympics in 2010, and placed 26th in the 500 m. She also competed at the 2007 and 2011 Asian Winter Games The 2011 Asian Winter Games ( kz, 2011 жылғы қысқы Азия ойындары, 2011 jılğı qısqı Azïya oyındarı) was a multi-sport event that was held in Nur-Sultan, Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan, that began on January 30, 2011, an .... Personal records External links *Personal record* 1986 births South Korean female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of South Korea Living people Sportspeople from Gangwon Province, South Korea Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Sang-hwa
Lee Sang-hwa (Korean: 이상화, Hanja: 李相花, ; born 25 February 1989) is a South Korean retired speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. She is a two-time Olympic champion in 500 metres (2010 and 2014) and the 2010 World Sprint champion. She is the current world record holder in women's 500 metres with the time of 36.36 seconds set in Salt Lake City on 16 November 2013, and also holds the South Korean record on 1000 metres. She has also won three World Championships medals in 500 metres, and has placed in the top three in World Cup events four times in this distance. Her first World Cup victory, however, came on the non-Olympic distance 100 metres. On the 1000 metres, however, she has never placed higher than fifth in international events (2010 World Sprint Championships, first 1000 metres). Early life and education Lee Sang-hwa was born in 1989 to Lee U-geun (father), a technician at Hwigyeong Girls' School, and Kim In-sun (mother). Lee has an older brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ren Hui
Ren Hui (; born 11 August 1983) is a Chinese speed skater who won a bronze medal in the Women's 500 m at the 2006 Winter Olympics and bronze at the World Single Distance Championships for Women. Records Competitions ; Olympic Games * 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 500 metres * 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres * 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 1000 metres ; World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships * 2004 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships – 500 m ; World Sprint Speed Skating Championships * 2010 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships ; ISU Speed Skating World Cup * 2006–07 ISU Speed Skating World Cup * 2007–08 ISU Speed Skating World Cup * 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 100 metres * 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres * 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 1000 metres * 2009–10 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Women's 500 metres * 2009–10 ISU Speed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayuri Yoshii
is a Japanese speed skater. She won silver in the 1000 m and bronze in the 500 m during the 2008–09 World Cup season. She competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics and placed 5th in the 500 m of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The biggest success of Sayuri Yoshii's career occurred in 2010, when she won the silver medal at the world sprint championships in Obihiro. In these competitions two others took the podium alongside her, Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea and a Jenny Wolf Jenny Wolf (born 31 January 1979) is a former German speed skater. On 10 March 2007 at the ISU World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships in Salt Lake City, Utah, she broke the world record for the women's 500 m in her second race. ... of Germany. This was the only medal won by Sayuri Yoshii at an international event of this magnitude. She was also fourth in women's 500 meters at the distance world championships in Inzell in 2005, where Lee Sang-hwa defeated her by only a matter of seconds. Sayuri Yosh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 9
The ninth and final competition weekend of the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was a three-day event with races in all cups except the team pursuits, held at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States, from Friday, March 6, until Sunday, March 8, 2009. American Shani Davis Shani Earl Davis (; born August 13, 1982) is an American former speed skater. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, Davis became the first African American athlete to win a gold medal in an individual event at the Olympic Winter Games, w ... set new world records for the 1000 and 1500 meters distances. Schedule of events Schedule of the event: Medal winners Men's events Women's events References {{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup - World Cup 9 #9 Isu World Cup, 2008-09, 9 Sports in Salt Lake City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits in the middle of an almost straight line of cities consisting of the six largest Thuringian cities forming the central metropolitan corridor of the state, the "Thuringian City Chain" ('' Thüringer Städtekette'') with more than 500,000 inhabitants, stretching from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena, to Gera in the east. Erfurt and the city of Göttingen in southern Lower Saxony are the two cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants closest to the geographic center of Germany. Erfurt is located south-west of Leipzig, north-east of Frankfurt, south-west of Berlin and north of Munich. Erfurt's old town is one of the best preserved medieval city centres in Germany. Tourist attractions include the Merchants' Bridge (''K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 7
The seventh competition weekend of the 2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was held in the Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle in Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ..., Germany, from Friday, 30 January, until Sunday, 1 February 2009. Schedule of events The schedule of the event is below Medal winners Men's events Women's events References {{DEFAULTSORT:2008-09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup - World Cup 7 #7 Isu World Cup, 2008-09, 7 Sport in Erfurt 2000s in Thuringia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Boer
Margot Madelaine Boer (born 7 August 1985) is a Dutch former speed skater. She specialised in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m. Sports career After spending a few years at local teams in the South Holland area, Boer was seen as one of the Netherlands main future talents and was offered a contract at the KNSB youth development team for the 2006–07 season. In the years before she already participated in several World Cup meetings. Her first success in her new team was winning a gold medal in the 500 m at the 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships. She won both races beating all the opponents, including favourites such as Marianne Timmer and Annette Gerritsen. 2010 Winter Olympics Boer qualified to participate in all of her specialty distances at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She just missed out on medals in each of them, coming in 4th on both the 500 and 1500 m and 6th on the 1000 m, 0.22, 0.14, and 0.22 seconds from winning a bronze medal, respectively. 2014 Winte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
