Ants Antson
Ants Antson (11 November 1938 – 31 October 2015) was an Estonian speed skater. He competed for the Soviet Union.[1]
 Ants Antson in 1966 | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 11 November 1938 Tallinn, Estonia | |||||||||||
| Died | 31 October 2015 (aged 76) | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||
| Club | Kalev Tallinn | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Antson had his best year in 1964, when he became European Allround Champion on the 1500 m at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, and set a new world record on the 3000 m. For his achievements that year, he received the Oscar Mathisen Award. He retired after the 1968 Winter Olympics.
References
- Ants Antson Archived 2009-11-30 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
Other websites
- Ants Antson at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
- Evert Stenlund's Adelskalender pages Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- Results of Soviet Championships at SpeedSkating.ru Archived 2020-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Legends of Soviet Sport (in Russian)
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