We Thank Our Partners Who Have Loyally Supported Us Over the Years, Not Only financially but Occasionally Also with Sound Advice
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We thank our partners who have loyally supported us over the years, not only financially but occasionally also with sound advice. Österreichischer Eisschnelllauf Verband / ASSA Austria Speed Skating Association Dr. Hans Spohn President Werner Jäger Vice President Supported by: Con tent 04 Foreword by the President of ASSA 06 Welcome Message 08 Innsbruck 1964 10 Innsbruck 1976 12 Universiade 2005 14 YOG Innsbruck 2012 16 Special Olympics 2017 Graz 18 Modernised Olympic Ice Rink 20 Austria’s National Speed Skating Team 22 Shorttrack in Austria today 26 Speed Skating in Austria today 32 This is also Part of Speed Skating in Austria 36 Sports and Culture 38 Sports and Culture Exhibition 40 Programme 41 The Organizing Committee / Official Hotels 42 ISU Social Programme WORLD JUNIOR SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 | 03 Foreword by the President of ASSA Dear guests and sports fans, magical and unforgettable moments of sporting history, Games. Franz Klammer won, establishing him as the As the venue for the ISU World Junior Short Track Speed both in victory and defeat. My selection is by necessity in - greatest icon of Austrian sport to this day. Skating Championships Innsbruck 2017, ASSA Austria Speed 2017 marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of the complete, subjective, and tinged with an Austrian bias, Skating Association is demonstrating its credentials as hosts ISU. Founding member Austria returns to the stage as a which means it also includes downhill skiers. 2005 Winter Universiade in Innsbruck: Austria in 1st for further major ISU events, aspiring to be chosen to host host for international speed skating events, as well as pro - place in the country rankings. the JWCs and European championships on the newly mo - udly presenting its modernised and updated speed skating 1964 Lidija Skoblikowa wins all the Olympic dis - dernised Olympic ice rink in Innsbruck. complex, completed last year after significant investment, tances in women’s speed skating, an achievement that 2012 The 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in and with its newly constructed 400 m track which also bo - would only ever be matched by the great Eric Heiden. Innsbruck sees 1,022 athletes from 69 countries taking part In publishing this leaflet ASSA Austria Speed Skating Asso - asts a modern inline surface. Plenty of reasons for the Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, the re - in a total of 63 competitions, and with excellent perfor - ciation is one of the first to congratulate the ISU on its an - Österreichischer Eisschnelllauf Verband – ASSA Austria nowned German pair-skating stars and top favourites, are mances right from the start. niversary, and warmly wishes the organisation at least Speed Skating Association– to publish this information leaflet pushed into 2nd place by all-time greats Ludmilla and Oleg another 125 successful years at the pinnacle of skating. on the occasion of the ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Protopopov. These, and many other major, memorable and, to some ex - Skating Championships Innsbruck 2017. Speed skating world power the Netherlands cele - tent, identity-forming moments are the result of the com - And last but not least: I wish all athletes, trainers and offi - brates its only ever Olympic win in figure skating with mitment to sport shown by Innsbruck and Tyrol. For this cials at the World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Cham - Let’s start with a brief look back: 1962, 1963, people wor - Sjoukje Dijkstra’s gold. our heartfelt thanks. pionships Innsbruck 2017 a memorable, sporting, ked on saturdays until 1.00 p.m., there were two weeks ho - Egon Zimmermann defends Austria’s honour as a successful, and above all accident-free world champion - liday a year. Even so, every weekend and during their nation of skiers, winning gold in the men’s downhill on the ships. May the best win, and subsequently look back on holidays, dedicated adherents of the sport made their way Patscherkofel. And so it should continue into the future. Speed skating, their victory as an important milestone in their skating ca - to Innsbruck from all across Austria, leaving their families not only in Innsbruck but throughout Austria. The consis - reers. And to all those who won’t walk away with medals, behind to focus on a single goal – preparing for the 1964 1976 The Bergisel is the scene of Austrian victories: tent development work being done in Innsbruck, with sup - ASSA Austria Speed Skating Association thanks you for ta - Winter Olympic Games. Whether supervising construction Austria wins gold and silver. The young Toni Innauer, one of port from Carinthia, has resulted in a young and powerful king part and greatly values your contribution to the sport. of the sports venues and the Olympic Village, or optimising the best ski jumpers of all times, can’t get over his defeat team for ASSA Austria Speed Skating Association, some of My thanks go to all the partners, sponsors, ISU officials, em - the organisational and logistical workflows, they were de - at the hands of Karl Schnabl. whom are already enjoying considerable international suc - ployees, volunteers, visitors, the city of Innsbruck, the pro - termined that Innsbruck would be indelibly marked in the Briton John Curry wins gold, marking a high point in cess. The Junior World Championships currently being held vince of Tyrol, the Olympiaworld Innsbruck, and the Olympic calendar as an unforgettable venue for the Winter figure skating history that, for me, has only ever been mat - in the country are also lending fresh impetus to the short Bundesministerium für Sport…I’m certain I’ll have omitted Olympic Games. The manner in which the city of Innsbruck ched by Torvill and Dean. trackers. And every year thousands of skating fans, especi - a few. You have all made an essential contribution to ensu - and the province of Tyrol have looked after their sporting The list of winners in the 10,000 m men’s speed ska - ally from the Netherlands, make their way to the Weissen - ring that the ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating venues ever since pays homage to these men. ting includes Piet Kleine, Sten Stensen and Hans van Helden see in Carinthia where they compete in their long distance Championships Innsbruck 2017 will be a success. – a mini Who’s Who of speed skating at that time. championships. ASSA Austria Speed Skating Association has Innsbruck has always been a venue for important sporting And back on the Patscherkofel: no one was under officially designated two of these races Austrian Champion - Hans Spohn competitions, particularly following construction of the more pressure to succeed. His performance alone would ships. This leaflet intends to provide a little information President of ASSA Austria Speed Skating Association Olympic competition sites, and has provided the world with determine Austria’s success or failure in the Olympic about all these activities. 04 WORLD JUNIOR SHORT TRACK SPEED SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 | 05 Welcome Message Last but not least, I wish the Skaters a lot of success. Let us top athletes from over 40 countries will be racing for the tion conditions. The city of enjoy their performances and give everybody a big round prized titles in the individual and relay competitions. It is Innsbruck and the organi - of applause. exactly five years ago that young athletes aged between 14 sers will be offering the I would like to wish you all a wonderful ISU World Junior to 18 demonstrated their talents at the Youth Olympic stars of tomorrow, their Short Track Speed Skating Championships in this celebra - Games in Tyrol, and today, as then, I am impressed by the trainers, supervisors, and tory year! power, performance and desire to win that these youngs - spectators from around ters display. the world a memorable Jan Dijkema I wish all competitors, their trainers, and the team of orga - event. And the internatio - ISU President nisers the very best and every success for the World Cham - nal sporting world will pionships, and trust that fans from around the world will again be focused on the enjoy this sporting spectacle here in the province of the province of Tyrol. Tyrol. I take this opportunity to Dear Skating Friends, wish all the athletes a suc - Herzlich Willkommen! Welcome! Deputy State Governor Josef Geisler cessful and injury-free world championships, and the Regional Minister for Sport spectators a unique speed skating experience. We hope the On behalf of the International Skating Union, it is a pleasure Austrian juniors of today will be the Olympic winners of to - for me to extend a warm welcome to all of you in Austria morrow and the years to come. for the 2017 ISU World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships. It is an extra festive edition of the Cham - Yours, pionships because the ISU is celebrating its 125th anniver - Dr. Peter Mennel sary this year. Dear athletes and short track fans, General Secretary of the We have the opportunity to see the best Junior Short Track Austrian Olympic Committee Skaters in the world at the Olympiaworld Innsbruck. These It is a particular pleasure for me as General Secretary of the promising young Skaters are the Champions of tomorrow. Austrian Olympic Committee that the Innsbruck Olympia - I am sure this Event will be full of exciting performances, world will be the site of the 2017 ISU World Junior Short and I wish everybody a very joyful and memorable experi - Dear sports fans, Track Championships from 26 to 29 January, bringing this ence. young, dynamic and, above all, extremely appealing sport The ISU would like to thank the Österreichischer Eisschnell - 2017 is a year of major sporting events in Tyrol, and we are - a permanent fixture in the Olympic schedule since the lauf Verband.