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.
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...
The AEGON ArdSchenk Award is a Dutch speedskating award, instated in 1990, named after famous Dutch speedskater ArdSchenk. Initially it was an award...
Look up ARD, Ard, ard, 'ard, or -ard in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ARD or Ard may refer to: ARD (broadcaster), the German public broadcaster Das...
include: Adam Schenk (born 1992), Professional Golfer ArdSchenk (born 1944), Dutch speed skater (see also: ArdSchenk Award) August Schenk (1815–1891)...
European Cup Winning Coach 1991–92 Succeeded by Raymond Goethals Preceded by ArdSchenk Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1973–1974 Succeeded by Jos Hermens...
Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Schenk is a cousin of the speed skater ArdSchenk, who won one silver and three gold medals at the 1968...
skaters were not eligible to win it more than once. In 1973, together with ArdSchenk and a dozen other skaters, Verkerk joined in a newly formed professional...
the medal table, with four golds and nine overall, led by ArdSchenk's three gold medals. Schenk led the individual medal table, winning each of the three...
fencer, competed in the individual épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympics ArdSchenk (born 1944 in Anna Paulowna) a former speed skater, silver medallist at...
USSR won all three cross-country skiing events for women. Dutch skater ArdSchenk won three gold medals in speed skating. In Women's Alpine Skiing, American...
professional league, International Speedskating League, which included ArdSchenk, three-time Olympic gold medallist in 1972, as well as five Norwegians...
Mulder (born 1986) Rintje Ritsma (born 1970) Gianni Romme (born 1973) ArdSchenk (born 1944) Jan Smeekens (born 1985) Jochem Uytdehaage (born 1976) Bart...
of the Dutch East Indies) Samuel van Houten (1837–1930) (Politician) ArdSchenk (1944–) (Athlete) Nico Tinbergen (1907–1988) (Biologist, Nobel prize winner)...
skating successes became numerous in the 1960s. Champions Kees Verkerk and ArdSchenk were immensely popular, causing a real speed skating hype in the country...
gold in the 1500 m and a silver in the 3000 m. Also in this discipline, ArdSchenk (three golds), Stien Baas-Kaiser (one gold and one silver), Atje Keulen-Deelstra...
Nikolay Strunnikov from Russia (1911), Oscar Mathisen from Norway (1912), ArdSchenk from Netherlands (1972) and Eric Heiden from the United States (1979)...
while he finished second in 1965 (behind ArdSchenk), and third in 1966 (behind Kees Verkerk and ArdSchenk). He had his biggest international successes...
Oslo at the Bislett stadion ice rink. The title holder and winner was ArdSchenk who prolonged his title to become the third speed skater to win the world...
Preceded by Peter Post Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1964–1965 Succeeded by ArdSchenk / Kees Verkerk Olympic Games Preceded by Jan Willem van Erven Dorens Flagbearer...
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