Silvia Brunner (during her marriage Jörg-Brunner) (born 11 January 1958) is a former

speed skater 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 marath ...

who represented her native country

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in two consecutive

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, starting in

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in Lake Placid,

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History

Silvia Brunner first came to the attention of the speedskating world when she won the first of her eight Swiss sprint titles in 1976, just 18 years old. The next years she won the Swiss allround championships six times and participating in the international championships; twice at the

World Junior Speed Skating Championships In 1971, the International Skating Union, ISU congress decided to hold a World Junior Speed Skating Championships. After two test-championships (1972 and 1973), where only a boys' competition was held in the 1972 edition, the first official cham ...

(1977 and 1978, winning a silver distance medal on the 500 meter both times); eight times at the

World Sprint Speed Skating Championships The World Sprint Speed Skating Championships are annual speed skating championships. The championships are held over a two-day period, with the skaters racing one 500 m and one 1,000 m each day (so-called sprint combination). Since the ...

(1977–1984); three times at the

European Speed Skating Championships The European Speed Skating Championships are a series of long track speed skating events held annually to determine the best speed skaters of Europe. History The International Skating Union has organised the European Championships for Men sinc ...

(1981–1983) and once at the

World Allround Speed Skating Championships The World Allround Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of the world. The event is held over two days, with all skaters entering the first three distances (500 m, ...

(1982) and the two before mentioned Winter Olympics. Over the course of her career Sylvia Brunner skated three speed skating world records for Juniors.

Records

Over the course of her career, Silvia Brunner skated three Junior World Records:

References

;Notes ;Bibliography * Eng, Trond with Marnix Koolhaas. ''National All Time & Encyclopedia Men/Ladies as at 1.7.1985, Issue 1, Volume 2: Italy - Switzerland - Spain''. Degernes, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1985. * Eng, Trond with Preben G. Petersen and Magne Teigen. ''World All Time "Vierkampf", 1.7.1989''. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brunner, Silvia 1958 births Living people Swiss female speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Switzerland Speed skaters at the 1980 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Davos