Ants Antson

Ants Antson ( _ru. Антс Антсон) (born 11 November 1938 in Tallinn, Estonia) is a former speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union.__NOTOC__Ants Antson trained at the Kalev Voluntary Sports Society. Coached by former World, Olympic, and European Champion Boris Shilkov, Antson had his best year in 1964, when he became European Allround Champion, became Olympic Champion on the 1,500 m at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, and set a new world record on the 3,000 m. For his achievements that year, he received the Oscar Mathisen Award.

The two gold medals Antson won in 1964 turned out to be his only international medals, although he did won some national medals at the Soviet Allround Championships – gold in 1967, silver in 1965 and 1968, and bronze in 1966. He participated in the 1,500 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, but despite skating a new personal record, he finished only twelfth.

Medals

An overview of medals won by Antson at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:

Antson has an Adelskalender score of 176.465 points. His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was a fourth place.

References

* [http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/17 Ants Antson at SkateResults.com]
* [http://www.sskating.com/index.php?name=ANTSON&fname=Ants&nat=URS&lm=m Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database]
* [http://web.telia.com/~u46130641/adel.htm Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages]
* [http://www.speedskating.ru/en/stat.html Results of Soviet Championships at SpeedSkating.ru]
* [http://akter.kulichki.net/sport/skating/antson.htm Legends of Soviet Sport] (in Russian)