Enrico Fabris

Enrico Fabris
Enrico Fabris at a 2006 World Cup in Thialf (Heerenveen, The Netherlands)
Country	Italy
Date of birth	October 5 1981 (1981-10-05) (age 26)
Place of birth	Asiago, Vicenza
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb/13 st)
Website	Official Website

Enrico Fabris (born 5 October 1981, Asiago, province of Vicenza) is an Italian long track speed skater who has won three World Cup races and became the first European Allround Champion from Italy when he won the 2006 European Championships one month before the Winter Olympics in Turin. Fabris is also a three-time Italian Allround Champion.

Biography

At the 2006 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's 5,000 m event, Italy's first ever Olympic medal in speed skating. Five days later, he was in the winning team on the team pursuit event, to claim Italy's first Olympic speed skating gold. With a time of one minute, 45.97 seconds in the 1,500 m race, Fabris claimed his third medal and defeated American favourites Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick to become the first non-American to win an individual men's event through the first four races of the Turin Winter Games. On November 10th, 2007, he took the 5,000 meter world record with 6.07.40, which he lost one week later, when Sven Kramer skated faster in Calgary.

Personal records

• 500 m: 35.99
• 1,500 m: 1:43.67
• 5,000 m: 6:06.42
• 10,000 m: 13:10.60

External links

• Enrico Fabris Official Site
• Photos of Enrico Fabris

References

• Summary of results - from skateresults.com, retrieved 16 January 2006
• (Dutch) SportOne.nl - profile, retrieved 16 January 2006
• (Italian) Albo d'oro - Campionati Italiani "All Round". PDF file with Italian speed skating champions, from the Italian Speed Skating Association, retrieved 16 January 2006