Ard Schenk
{{short description|Dutch speed skater}}
{{Infobox speed skater
| name = Ard Schenk
| image = Ard Schenk 2006.jpg
| caption = Ard Schenk during World Cup competitions in the Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands in March 2006
| headercolor = #d7ecff
| full_name = Adrianus Schenk
| nationality = Dutch
| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1944|9|16|df=y}}}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|Anna Paulowna, Netherlands}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 1.90 m
| weight = 90 kg
| website =
| country = Netherlands
| club =
| turnedpro = 1973
| retired = 1974
| pb = 500 m: 39.8 (1971)
1000 m: 1:20.6 (1968)
1500 m: 2:05.3 (1966)
3000 m: 4:08.3 (1972)
5000 m: 7:09.8 (1972)
10 000 m: 14:55.9 (1971)
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's speed skating}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{NED}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold|1972 Sapporo|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|1972 Sapporo|5000 m}}
{{Medal|Gold|1972 Sapporo|10000 m}}
{{Medal|Silver|1968 Grenoble|1500 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Allround Championships }}
{{Medal|Gold|1970 Oslo|Allround}}
{{Medal|Gold|1971 Gothenburg|Allround}}
{{Medal|Gold|1972 Oslo|Allround}}
{{Medal|Silver|1966 Gothenburg|Allround}}
{{Medal|Silver|1967 Oslo|Allround}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1965 Oslo|Allround}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1968 Gothenburg|Allround}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Sprint Championships}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1971 Inzell|Sprint}}
{{Medal|Bronze|1972 Eskilstuna|Sprint}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Allround Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|1966 Deventer|Allround}}
{{Medal|Gold|1970 Innsbruck|Allround}}
{{Medal|Gold|1972 Davos|Allround}}
{{Medal|Silver|1971 Heerenveen|Allround}}
}}
Adrianus "Ard" Schenk (born 16 September 1944) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who is considered to be one of the best in history. His first Olympic success came in 1968, when he won a silver medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Between 1970 and 1972 Winter Olympics, Schenk won three consecutive World Allround Speed Skating Championships. He won three gold medals at the 1972 Winter Olympics, becoming, along with Galina Kulakova of Soviet Union, the most successful athlete there.
Biography
Schenk competed in international meets from 1964 on, winning his first medal at the 1965 world championships and his first gold medal at the 1966 European championships. In the late 60s, Schenk was usually bested by his compatriot Kees Verkerk, but in the early 1970s he dominated international speed skating. The winning duo of Ard & Keesie were responsible for a lasting popularity of speed skating in the Netherlands.
Schenk's career peaked in 1972. He won three gold medals at the Olympic Games in Sapporo (a fall in the 500 m precluded gold in all 4 distances). Had the 1000 meters already been an Olympic distance, Schenk would have been the favorite for gold, as he had won five of the six 1000 meter races at World Sprint Championship he participated in. The same year, he also won the European Allround and the World Allround Championships. He became World Allround Champion by winning all 4 distances, a feat that nobody had achieved since Ivar Ballangrud 40 years earlier, and which only Eric Heiden has repeated since (in 1979). Finally, he won bronze that year at the World Sprint Championships.
The next season (1973), he turned professional with a number of other prominent speed skaters,Koomen 1973 thereby forgoing the opportunity of winning more championships. The professional circuit lasted two seasons and Schenk retired from speed skating at the relatively young age of 30.
Records
= World records =
Schenk was the first to skate the 10,000 meters within 15 minutes, and the first skater to finish the 1500 meters in less than 2 minutes. Over the course of his career he broke a total of 18 (senior) world records, a feat no skater before or after him has bettered. Among men, the sprint specialist Jeremy Wotherspoon came closest with his 16th world record in 2007,[http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&stats=001 Most world records set by men] at SpeedSkatingStats.com while among women long-distance specialist Gunda Niemann equalled Schenk's mark in 2001.[http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=records&stats=002 Most world records set by women] at SpeedSkatingStats.com By March 1971, Schenk held 6 of the 7 official world records at the same time, missing only the 500 m.A sprint combination world record was only introduced in the next season. His 1000 m record was broken in March 1972 by Erhard Keller, but the other five stood until 1975 to 1978, when world records started to be skated at the high-altitude rink of Medeo.
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| Discipline | Time | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 m | 2:06.2 | 26 January 1966 | align=left|Davos |
| 3000 m | 4:26.2 | 29 January 1966 | align=left|Inzell |
| 1500 m | 2:05.3 | 30 January 1966 | align=left|Inzell |
| 3000 m | 4:18.4 | 25 February 1967 | align=left|Inzell |
| 1000 m | 1:20.6 | 28 February 1967 | align=left|Inzell |
| 1000 m | 1:20.6 | 5 February 1968 | align=left|Davos |
| 3000 m | 4:12.6 | 15 January 1971 | align=left|Davos |
| 1500 m | 1:58.7 | 16 January 1971 | align=left|Davos |
| Big combination | 171.317 | 31 January 1971 | align=left|Oslo |
| 10000 m | 15:01.6 | 14 February 1971 | align=left|Gothenburg |
| Big combination | 171.130 | 14 February 1971 | align=left|Gothenburg |
| 1000 m | 1:18.8 | 20 February 1971 | align=left|Inzell |
| 5000 m | 7:12.0 | 13 March 1971 | align=left|Inzell |
| 10000 m | 14:55.9 | 14 March 1971 | align=left|Inzell |
| Big combination | 168.248 | 14 March 1971 | align=left|Inzell |
| 3000 m | 4:08.3 | 2 March 1972 | align=left|Inzell |
| 5000 m | 7:09.8 | 4 March 1972 | align=left|Inzell |
| Big combination | 167.420 | 5 March 1972 | align=left|Inzell |
{{cite web|title=Ard Schenk
|url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1944091601
|publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com
|access-date=29 August 2012}}
Personal records
{{PersonalRecordsTop|ref={{Cite web|url=https://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/ard-schenk/|title=Skater Profile | Ard Schenk | Men | Netherlands}}}}
{{PersonalRecordsSport|Men's speed skating}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 meter|38.9|15 January 1971| Davos||}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 meter|1:18.8|20 February 1971|Inzell||}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 meter|1:58.7|16 January 1971|Davos||}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 meter|4:08.3|2 March 1972|Inzell|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|5000 meter|7:09.8|4 March 1972|Inzell|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|10000 meter|14:55.9|14 March 1971|Inzell|}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|Big combination|167.420|5 March 1972|Inzell|}}
{{PersonalRecordsBottom}}
Schenk has an Adelskalender score of 166.241 points. He was number one on the Adelskalender from 13 January 1966 until 27 February 1967 and again from 13 February 1971 until 19 March 1976 for a total of 6 years and 58 days. The Adelskalender is an all-time allround speed skating ranking.{{cite web|url=http://web.telia.com/~u46130641/adel.htm |title=Adel |access-date=2007-02-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212091729/http://web.telia.com/~u46130641/adel.htm |archive-date=2007-02-12 }} Adelskalender pages of Evert Stenlund
Tournament overview
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! ! ISU ! ISU* ! ISU | |||||||
| style="vertical-align: top;" | {{center| DEVENTER }} {{silver2}} 500m 5th 5000m {{silver2}} 1500m 9th 10000m {{silver2}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | INNSBRUCK 13th 1500m | {{center| HELSINKI }} 9th 500m 15th 5000m 11th 1500m 13th 10000m 7th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
| style="vertical-align: top;" | {{center| AMSTERDAM }} {{gold1}} 500m {{silver2}} 5000m {{silver2}} 1500m {{gold1}} 10000m {{gold1}} overall | {{center| GOTHENBURG }} {{gold1}} 500m 12th 5000m 10th 1500m 6th 10000m 5th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center| OSLO }} 6th 500m 10th 5000m {{silver2}} 1500m 6th 10000m {{bronze3}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
| style="vertical-align: top;" | {{center| DEVENTER }} {{gold1}} 500m {{silver2}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m {{silver2}} 10000m {{silver2}} overall | {{center| DEVENTER}} 4th 500m {{gold1}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m 4th 10000m {{gold1}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center| GOTHENBURG }} {{bronze3}} 500m {{bronze3}} 5000m 5th 1500m 4th 10000m {{silver2}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
| style="vertical-align: top;" | {{center| AMSTERDAM }} {{gold1}} 500m {{bronze3}} 5000m 4th 1500m {{silver2}} 10000m {{silver2}} overall | {{center| LAHTI }} 32nd 500m {{silver2}} 5000m 10th 1500m 4th 10000m 15th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center| OSLO }} {{bronze3}} 500m {{bronze3}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m 4th 10000m {{silver2}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
| style="vertical-align: top;" | {{center| AMSTERDAM }} {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m 5th 10000m {{gold1}} overall | {{center| OSLO }} 4th 500m 7th 5000m 10th 1500m 8th 10000m 6th overall | {{center| GRENOBLE }} 13th 500m {{silver2}} 1500m | {{center| GOTHENBURG }} {{bronze3}} 500m 8th 5000m {{silver2}} 1500m 8th 10000m {{bronze3}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
| style="vertical-align: top;" | {{center| HEERENVEEN }} {{gold1}} 500m {{bronze3}} 5000m 5th 1500m 5th 10000m {{bronze3}} overall | {{center| INZELL }} 6th 500m 4th 5000m 5th 1500m 13th 10000m 4th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center| DEVENTER }} 9th 500m {{bronze3}} 5000m 28th 1500m 8th 10000m 13th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
| style="vertical-align: top;" | {{center| DEVENTER }} {{gold1}} 500m {{bronze3}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m {{silver2}} 10000m {{gold1}} overall | {{center| INNSBRUCK }} 4th 500m {{bronze3}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m 5th 10000m {{gold1}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center| OSLO }} {{bronze3}} 500m {{bronze3}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m 4th 10000m {{gold1}} overall | {{center| WEST ALLIS }} 16th 500m {{silver2}} 1000m 19th 500m {{gold1}} 1000m 6th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
| style="vertical-align: top;" | {{center| AMSTERDAM }} {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m 5th 10000m {{silver2}} overall | {{center| HEERENVEEN }} {{gold1}} 500m 11th 5000m {{silver2}} 1500m 3rd 10000m {{silver2}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center| GOTHENBURG }} {{bronze3}} 500m {{gold1}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m {{gold1}} 10000m {{gold1}} overall | {{center| INZELL }} 10th 500m {{gold1}} 1000m 11th 500m {{gold1}} 1000m {{bronze3}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
| style="vertical-align: top;" | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center| DAVOS }} {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m 5th 10000m {{gold1}} overall | {{center| SAPPORO }} 34th 500m {{gold1}} 1500m {{gold1}} 5000m {{gold1}} 10000m | {{center| OSLO }} {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m {{gold1}} 10000m {{gold1}} overall | {{center| ESKILSTUNA }} 16th 500m {{gold1}} 1000m 16th 500m {{gold1}} 1000m {{bronze3}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
| style="vertical-align: top;" | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center| SKIEN }} {{bronze3}} 500m {{gold1}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m {{silver2}} 10000m {{gold1}} overall | {{center| GOTHENBURG }} {{silver2}} 500m {{gold1}} 5000m {{gold1}} 1500m {{gold1}} 10000m {{gold1}} overall |
| style="vertical-align: top;" | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center| TYNSET }} 4th 500m 8th 5000m 7th 1500m 6th 10000m 6th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
- ISSL = International Speed Skating League
- ISU = International Skating Union
Medals won
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!Championship!!Gold | |||
| Dutch Allround | {{center|3}} | {{center|4}} | {{center|1}} |
| European Allround | {{center|3}} | {{center|1}} | {{center|0}} |
| Olympic Games | {{center|3}} | {{center|1}} | {{center|0}} |
| World Allround | {{center|3}} | {{center|2}} | {{center|2}} |
| World Sprint | {{center|0}} | {{center|0}} | {{center|2}} |
| ISSL European Allround | {{center|1}} | {{center|0}} | {{center|0}} |
| ISSL World Allround | {{center|1}} | {{center|0}} | {{center|0}} |
SchenkVerkerk1967WK.jpg|Schenk (Oslo, 1967)
Schenk1968OlympicGrenoble.jpg|Schenk (Grenoble, 1968)
Wereldkampioenschappen schaatsen mannen allround in Oslo. Ard Schenk in actie, Bestanddeelnr 254-9161.jpg|Schenk (Oslo, 1972)
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
=Bibliography=
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- Bal, Rien and Van Dijk, Rob. Schaatskampioenen, alles over het seizoen 68-69 (Speedskating Champions, all about the season 68-69) . Amsterdam, the Netherlands: N.V. Het Parool, 1969. (Dutch)
- Eng, Trond. All Time International Championships, Complete Results: 1889 - 2002. Askim, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 2002.
- Froger, Fred R. Topsporters: Ard Schenk * Kees Verkerk (Elite Athletes: Ard Schenk * Kees Verkerk). Bussum, the Netherlands: Van Holkema & Warendorf, 1967. (Dutch)
- ___________ Winnaars op de schaats (Victors on Skates), Een Parool Sportpocket. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: N.V. Het Parool, 1968. (Dutch)
- Koomen, Theo. 10 Jaar Topschaatsen (10 Years Elite Speedskating). Laren (NH), the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Luitingh, 1971. {{ISBN|90-245-0114-8}}. (Dutch)
- _________ Topschaatsen 1972 (Elite Speedskating 1972). Laren (NH), the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Luitingh, 1972. {{ISBN|90-245-0152-0}}. (Dutch)
- _________ Topschaatsen 3 (Elite Speedskating 3). Laren (NH), the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Luitingh, 1973. {{ISBN|90-245-0194-6}}. (Dutch)
- Maaskant, Piet. Flitsende Ijzers, De geschiedenis van de schaatssport (Flashing Blades, the History of Dutch Speedskating). Zwolle, the Netherlands: La Rivière & Voorhoeve, 1967 (Second revised and expanded edition). (Dutch)
- _________ Heya, Heya! Het nieuwe boek van de Schaatssport (Heya, Heya! The New book of Dutch Speedskating). Zwolle, the Netherlands: La Rivière & Voorhoeve, 1970. (Dutch)
- Peereboom, Klaas. Van Jaap Eden tot Ard Schenk (From Jaap Eden till Ard Schenk). Baarn, the Netherlands: De Boekerij, 1972. {{ISBN|90-225-0346-1}}. (Dutch)
- Schenk, Ard and Racké, Fred. Ard Apart, mijn groei naar de top (Ard on his own, his growth to the Top). Alkmaar, the Netherlands: Verenigde Noordhollandse Dagbladen, 1971. (Dutch)
- Teigen, Magne. Komplette Resultater Internasjonale Mesterskap 1889 - 1989: Menn/Kvinner, Senior/Junior, allround/sprint. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989. (Norwegian)
- Van Eyle, Wim. Een Eeuw Nederlandse Schaatssport (A Century of Dutch Speedskating). Utrecht, the Netherlands: Uitgeverij Het Spectrum, 1982. {{ISBN|90-274-9476-2}}. (Dutch)
- Witkamp, Anton and Koning, Dolf (eds.). Schaatsgoud '72 (Speedskating Gold '72). Bussum, the Netherlands: Teleboek NV, 1972. {{ISBN|90-6122-204-4}}. (Dutch)
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External links
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- {{ISU speed skater|97469}}
- [http://www.speedskatinghalloffame.com/ard-schenk.html Ard Schenk] at Speed Skating Hall of Fame
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313162014/http://web.telia.com/~u46130641/schenk.htm |date=March 13, 2007 |title=Short biography from Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages}}
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| title = Flagbearer for {{NED}}
| years = 1964 Innsbruck
| after = Stien Kaiser
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