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Ard Schenk

1944 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ard Schenk is the 28th most popular skater (up from 29th in 2019), the 549th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 620th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Ard Schenk ranks 29 out of 483. Before him are Alain Calmat, Tony Hawk, Alfred Berger, Ludowika Jakobsson, Karol Divín, Eric Heiden, and Ernst Baier. After him are Heinrich Burger, Helena Pilejczyk, Nancy Kerrigan, Willy Böckl, and Vera Ralston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ard Schenk ranks 363. Before him are Orhan Gencebay, Manuela Carmena, Yang Song-guk, Susan Howard, Peter Jason, and Jim Gray. After him are Kevin Ayers, Peter Lynch, Leonard Peltier, John Flanagan, Džemaludin Mušović, and Glen Cook.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Ard Schenk ranks 549 out of 1,646. Before him are Cornelis Lely (1854), Arnold Mühren (1951), Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619), Jan van Bijlert (1597), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), and Walter Lewin (1936). After him are Wim Rijsbergen (1952), Jan Wouters (1960), Gerard Philips (1858), Michael Reiziger (1973), Anthony van Hoboken (1887), and Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890).

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Among SKATERS In Netherlands

Among skaters born in Netherlands, Ard Schenk ranks 2. Before him are Sjoukje Dijkstra (1942). After him are Stien Kaiser (1938), Wim van der Voort (1923), Kees Verkerk (1942), Kees Broekman (1927), Ans Schut (1944), Carry Geijssen (1947), Annie Borckink (1951), Petra Burka (1946), Ireen Wüst (1986), and Sven Kramer (1986).

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