Moritz Geisreiter (born 30 December 1987) 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. ...

. Geisreiter competed at the

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for Germany. In the

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he finished 10th, and in the

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he was 8th. As of September 2014, Geisreiter's best performance at the

World Single Distance Championships The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating competitions organised by the International Skating Union. History Since the late 19th century, speed skating championships were always decided by racing multiple ...

is 4th, in the 2012 10000 metres. His best finish at the World All-Round Championships is 18th, in

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. Geisreiter made his World Cup debut in December 2007. As of September 2014, Geisreiter's best World Cup finish is 4th, in a 5000 m race at Inzell in

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. His best overall finish in the World Cup is 9th, in the 2011–12 5000 & 10000 m Cup.

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* * * 1987 births Living people German male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for Germany People from Bad Reichenhall Sportspeople from Upper Bavaria 21st-century German people {{Germany-speed-skating-bio-stub