Claudia Pechstein

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Claudia Pechstein

Pechstein in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1972-02-22) 22 February 1972 (age 52) East Berlin, East Germany
Sport
Country	Germany (1990–)  East Germany (1988–1990)
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	1988
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1994 Lillehammer 5000 m 1998 Nagano 5000 m 2002 Salt Lake City 3000 m 2002 Salt Lake City 5000 m 2006 Turin Team pursuit 1998 Nagano 3000 m 2006 Turin 5000 m 1992 Albertville 5000 m 1994 Lillehammer 3000 m World Championships 1996 Hamar 5000 m 2000 Nagano 1500 m 2000 Nagano 3000 m 2000 Milwaukee Allround 2003 Berlin 5000 m 2004 Seoul 3000 m 1996 Hamar 1500 m 1996 Hamar 3000 m 1996 Inzell Allround 1997 Nagano Allround 1998 Calgary 3000 m 1998 Calgary 5000 m 1998 Heerenveen Allround 1999 Heerenveen 3000 m 1999 Heerenveen 5000 m 1999 Hamar Allround 2000 Nagano 5000 m 2001 Salt Lake City 5000 m 2001 Budapest Allround 2003 Berlin 3000 m 2003 Gothenburg Allround 2004 Hamar Allround 2005 Inzell 3000 m 2005 Inzell 5000 m 2006 Calgary Allround 2007 Salt Lake City 5000 m 2017 Gangneung 5000 m 1998 Calgary 1500 m 1997 Warszawa 5000 m 2001 Salt Lake City 3000 m 2002 Heerenveen Allround 2004 Seoul 5000 m 2005 Moscow Allround 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit 2008 Nagano Team pursuit 2011 Inzell 5000 m 2011 Inzell Team pursuit 2012 Heerenveen 5000 m 2013 Sochi 3000 m 2013 Sochi 5000 m 2015 Heerenveen 5000 m European Championships 1998 Helsinki Allround 2006 Hamar Allround 2009 Heerenveen Allround 1999 Heerenveen Allround 2001 Baselga di Piné Allround 2002 Erfurt Allround 2003 Heerenveen Allround 2004 Heerenveen Allround 2012 Budapest Allround 1996 Heerenveen Allround 2005 Heerenveen Allround

Claudia Pechstein (born 22 February 1972) is a German speed skater. She has won five Olympic gold medals.^[1] With a total of nine Olympic medals, five gold, two silver, and two bronze, she was previously the most successful Olympic speed skater, male or female, of all time, (later superseded by Ireen Wüst during the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang). Pechstein is the most successful German Winter Olympian of all time. After the World Championships in Norway in February 2009, Pechstein was accused of blood doping and banned from all competitions for two years.