Günter Traub (born 13 March 1939) 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. ...

. He competed in all speed skating events at the

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

and

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

. His best achievement was 11th place in the 5000 m in 1964 and in 10000 m in 1968. During his career, Traub set two point-scoring world records in all-around speed skating, in 1963 and in 1968. He also won four national all-around titles, in 1961–1963 and 1968. From 1969 to 1970 he coached the United States speed skating team, which included Peter Mueller,

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and

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. He ended his skating career in 1970 after a serious training accident in a swimming pool, which brought him into a coma and resulted in multiple fractures. After recovery, he prepared the Italian skating team to the

1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe ...

. In 1972 Traub joined the motorsport and has been a fitness trainer of the Ford car racing team, which included

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. In 1999, he resumed competing in speed skating and became world champion in his age group, setting a new world record. He proceeded to win world titles in 2000 and 2002, setting a total of seven world records in the age group over 60 years. Traub now lives in

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, Switzerland, where he works as a physical education and mental trainer. He consulted such individuals as

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and

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. In 1990, he had a

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in the German sports film ''

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''. Personal bests: * 500 m – 40.7 (1968) * 1000 m – 1:21.3 (1968) * 1500 m – 2:03.8 (1968) * 5000 m – 7:38.6 (1968) * 10000 m – 15:42.6 (1968)

References

https://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/guenther-traub/

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