Lucille Opitz
Lucille Opitz (born 24 November 1977) is a German speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ... who won a gold medal in the women's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics. External links * 1977 births German female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Germany Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in speed skating Olympic gold medalists for Germany Speed skaters from Berlin Living people World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists 21st-century German women {{Germany-speed-skating-bio-stub ...
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Speed Skating
Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. In the Olympic Games, long-track speed skating is usually referred to as just "speed skating", while short-track speed skating is known as "short track". The International Skating Union (ISU), the governing body of competitive ice sports, refers to long track as "speed skating" and short track as "short track skating". An international federation was founded in 1892, the first for any winter sport. The sport enjoys large popularity in the Netherlands, Norway and South Korea. There are top international rinks in a number of other countries, including Canada, the United States, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Belarus and Poland. A Speed Skating World Cup, World Cup circuit is held with events in those coun ...
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