__NOTOC__ Daniel James Immerfall (born December 14, 1955) is a former

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from the

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who specialised in the 500 meters. Immerfall was born in

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, and started competing locally at a very young age. When he was 20, Immerfall won bronze at the

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on the 500 m. One month later, he won silver at the World Sprint Championships behind

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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. , Immerfall is a head referee for the

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. 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

References

External links

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Dan Immerfall at SkateResults.com

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.

''The National Speedskating Museum and Hall of Fame''. Retrieved on 2007-08-30. 1955 births Living people American male speed skaters Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in speed skating Speed skaters at the 1976 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists {{US-speed-skating-bio-stub