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| This page contain speedskating pictures of Anni Friesinger. Anni ("Anna
Christina") Friesinger was born January 11, 1977 in Bad Reichenhall
in Germany is a German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany,
and mother Janina ("Jana") Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters;
Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Friesinger currently
lives in Salzburg, Austria, but has a relationship with former Dutch skater
Ids Postma and is planning to move to the Netherlands to live with Ids
Postma. Anni Friesinger has won four Olympic medals; gold at the 1500 m
in the 2002 Winter Olympics and the team pursuit in the 2006 Winter Olympics
and bronze at the 3000 m in the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1000 m in
the 2006 Winter Olympics. She managed to qualify for the German speed skating
team in five events at the 2006 Winter Olympics: the team pursuit and the
individual races at 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, and 5000 meters. However, she
failed to win gold in any individual events. As well as being a five-time
European Allround Champion and three time World Allround Champion, Anni
Friesinger has won numerous titles in the World Single Distance Championships.
Although she originally specialized in the longer distances, she also won
the World Sprint Championships in 2007. In this, Friesinger became the
fifth skater in history to be a World Champion in both Allround and Sprint
disciplines. In 2009 Anni married her long time friend Ids Postma from
Holland. |
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