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Daniel Erwin Jansen (born June 17, 1965) is a retired American speed skater. A multiple world champion in sprint and perennial favorite at the Winter Olympics, he broke a ten-year Olympic jinx when he won a gold medal in his final race, which was the 1,000 meters in the 1994 Winter Games .
Jun 13, 2024 · Dan Jansen, American speed skater whose dominance in the sprint races of his sport was overshadowed by his misfortune in the Olympic Winter Games. Notably, during the 1988 Games his sister died of leukemia, and Jansen subsequently fell in his two events, failing to win a medal.
Feb 5, 2018 · One of the greatest speed skaters of his generation, Jansen grabbed the gold in the last race of his Olympic career, at the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, Norway. TODAY revisited the glory with...
Feb 18, 2019 · Many of us remember that momentous day 25 years ago (Friday, Feb. 18, 1994), when Dan Jansen finally achieved his dream and won an Olympic gold medal in the 1000m in world record fashion at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway.
Dan Jansen Breaks His Jynx To Win Gold - Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympic. 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe After numerous Olympic set backs Dan Jansen finally breaks his...
Feb 1, 2022 · Dan Jansen, who captured world's heart during an Olympic speedskating odyssey that stretched over four Winter Games, stays fit as personal trainer.
Nov 16, 2009 · On February 14, 1988, U.S. speed skater Dan Jansen, a favorite to win the gold medal in the 500-meter race at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, falls during competition, only hours after...
Dan Jansen is an American former long track speedskater and four-time Olympian, who won a historic gold medal in the 1,000-meter at his fourth and final Olympic Games. Born in West Allis, Wisconsin, Jansen and his eight siblings were introduced to skating at a young age.
During his career, Dan Jansen won 46 World Cup races (second all-time), and seven overall World Cups, as well as two World Sprint Championships (1988 and 1994). He also set eight senior world records, five in the 500, two in the sprint combination, and one 1,000 record at the Lillehammer Olympics.
Dan Jansen. Dan was born June 17, 1965. From 1983 through 1994, he was one of the top speed skaters in the world. In the Junior World Speed Skating Championship of 1983 he won the gold medal in the 500 m. In the World Sprint Championships from 1985-1994 he won five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals. He achieved the title of World Sprint ...
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