Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Encyclopedia
Daniela Anschütz-Thoms is a German
speed skater
. At the 2006 Winter Olympics
, she won a gold medal in the women's team pursuit with teammates Anni Friesinger
and Claudia Pechstein
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
speed skater
Speed skating
Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...
. At the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
, she won a gold medal in the women's team pursuit with teammates Anni Friesinger
Anni Friesinger
Anna Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too...
and Claudia Pechstein
Claudia Pechstein
Claudia Pechstein is a German speed skater. With a total of five Olympic gold medals, two silver, and two bronze medals, she is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time...
.
External links
- Official website
- Photos of Daniela Anschütz-Thoms – At Lars Hagen's DESG photo web site
- SpeedskatingBase.eu PB and link to results Daniela Anschütz-Thoms