Tobias Schneider (born 23 July 1981, Berlin) is a German

speedskater 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skating marathon, ...

2009 WSD Speed Skating Championships - 28-2

He is employed by the

German Army The German Army (, "army") is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German ''Bundeswehr'' together with the ''Marine'' (German Navy) and the ''Luftwaf ...

as a ''Sportsoldat'' (sports soldier). His best distances are the longer ones, the 5,000 m and 10,000 m, but he is also among the best current German allround skaters. On 25 November 2006 at the World Cup in Moscow he set a new German record on the 10,000 m with 13:16.36. This also made him the highest ranked German speedskater on the Adelskalender – a year later he was surpassed by

Robert Lehmann Robert Lehmann (born 9 January 1984 in Erfurt) is a German long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. Personal records Career highlights ;Olympic Winter Games :2006 – Torino, 36th at 1500 m :2006 – T ...

, however. In 2006 he was selected as ''deutscher Eisschnellläufer des Jahres'' (German speedskater of the year). As of January 2008, his personal records are 36.94 (500-m), 1:45.82 (1,500 m), 6:21.55 (5,000 m) and 13:16.36 (10,000 m), and his Adelskalender rank is #26.

External links

Schneider's homepage

Tobias Schneider at SkateResults.com

1981 births Living people German male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Germany Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics 21st-century German people {{Germany-speed-skating-bio-stub