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Thoroughbred Winning Brew holds the Guinness world record for the fastest speed from the starting gate for a Thoroughbred racehorse, at 70.76 km/h (43.97 mph) over two furlongs, [3] although Quarter Horses attain higher speeds over shorter distances than Thoroughbreds. [4] Such speeds may also be achieved by elite racehorses during the stretch ...
A year later she died when she drove her car into a tree. [1] Her death shocked the Dutch Olympians who were in Hamar, Norway at that time to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics . Her friend Marianne Timmer twice won an Olympic Gold medal on the anniversary of Vellinga's death, at the 1998 and 2006 Winter Olympics .
Sverre Farstad (8 February 1920 – 27 March 1978) was a Norwegian speed skater representing Sportsklubben Falken, Trondheim, as part of the Falken Trio also including Henry Wahl and Hjalmar Andersen. Farstad won one Olympic gold medal and one European Championship in his three-year international career.
His second wife, Karen Palacios, [9] is a top golf teaching professional. He was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 2004. Today, Dan Jansen is a speed skating commentator for NBC , and, from 2005 to 2007, he was the skating coach for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League .
Lara Victoria van Ruijven (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlaːraː vɑn ˈrœyvə(n)]; 28 December 1992 – 10 July 2020) was a Dutch short track speed skater. At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she was part of the Dutch 3000 metres relay team that won a bronze medal. She won gold at the World Championships one year later. By doing so, she became the first ...
The two young skaters and coach were returning from the Kansas competition alongside 12 other figure skaters. Washington Figure Skating Club skaters, sisters Everly and Alydia Livingston , 14 and ...
The following is a list of notable ice speed skaters. The list is sorted by speed skating discipline ( long-track or short-track ), gender and competing nationality. Long-track
Figure skater Maxim Naumov boarded a flight out of Wichita just days before his parents were killed when their American Airlines plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. on ...