Silvia Brunner (during her marriage Jörg-Brunner) (born 11 January 1958) is a former speed skater who represented her native country Switzerland in two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States.
History Silvia Brunner first came to the attention of the speedskating world when she won the first of her eight Swiss sprint titles in 1976, just 18 years old. The next years she won the Swiss allround championships six times and participating in the international championships; twice at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships (1977 and 1978, winning a silver distance medal on the 500 meter both times); eight times at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships (1977–1984); three times at the European Speed Skating Championships (1981–1983) and once at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships (1982) and the two before mentioned Winter Olympics. Over the course of her career Sylvia Brunner skated three speed skating world records for Juniors.
Records Over the course of her career, Silvia Brunner skated three Junior World Records: +Junior World records, data fromEng and Koolhaas 1985, p. 120. Distance Result Date Location500 m43.5327 Jan 1978Davos500 m43.2728 Jan 1978DavosSprint combination176.07527/28 Jan 1978Davos+ Personal records, data fromEng and Koolhaas 1985, p. 131.Eng, Petersen and Teigen 1989, p. 58. Distance Result Date Location 500 m 41.2 5 Feb 1984Davos1,000 m1:23.5421 Jan 1984Davos1,500 m2:12.2729 Jan 1984Davos 3,000 m4:47.3 29 Dec 1981Inzell5,000 m8:22.7712 Dec 1982InzellSprint combination168.35012/13 Feb 1983DavosMini combination177.79928/29 Dec 1981InzellSmall combination186.6673/4 Mar 1983Inzell
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Eng, Trond with Marnix Koolhaas. National All Time & Encyclopedia Men/Ladies as at 1.7.1985, Issue 1, Volume 2: Italy - Switzerland - Spain. Degernes, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1985. Eng, Trond with Preben G. Petersen and Magne Teigen. World All Time "Vierkampf", 1.7.1989. Veggli, Norway: WSSSA-Skøytenytt, 1989.
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