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Constanze Moser-Scandolo (born 4 July 1965) is a former World Champion
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who competed for
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Short biography

Born as Constanze Scandolo in
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, East Germany, she started skating at the ''SC Turbine Erfurt'' skating club in
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where she trained in the same group as Gunda Niemann and Heike Schalling. In 1988, she was at the Winter Olympics in
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, slated to compete in the 1,500 m. However, an injury forced her to withdraw just minutes before the start of her race. She had her best year in 1989 when she became World Allround Champion, won silver at the European Allround Championships, and also won the World Cup on the 1,500 m, as well as ending third on the 1,000 m and the 3,000/5,000 m. She also won 4 medals at various German Championships in that same year. In 1990, she won a bronze medal at the World Allround Championships. After the birth of her daughter Elisa Moser on 27 November 1990, she ended her speed skating career. Currently, she works at the
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Department of Economics.


Medals

An overview of medals won by Moser-Scandolo at important championships she participated in, listing the years in which she won each:


Personal records

To put these personal records in perspective, the last column (''WR'') lists the official world records on the dates that Scandolo-Moser skated her personal records.


Sources


Constanze Scandolo at SkateResults.comConstanze Moser-Scandolo at DESG (''Deutsche Eisschnelllauf Gemeinschaft'')
(in German)
Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moser-Scandolo, Constanze 1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Weimar People from Bezirk Erfurt German female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for East Germany Speed skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists 20th-century German women