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 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 represented her native country
Switzerland
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in two consecutive
Winter Olympics, starting in
1980
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in
Lake Placid,
United States.
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 (1977 and 1978, winning a silver distance medal on the 500 meter both times); eight times at the
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships (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 allround speed skater of Europe.
History
The International Skating Union
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(1981–1983) and once at the
World Allround Speed Skating Championships (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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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