Dan Immerfall

Daniel James Immerfall (born December 14, 1955) is a former speed skater from the United States who specialized in the 500 meters.

Immerfall was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and started competing locally at a very young age. When he was 20, Immerfall won bronze at the 1976 Winter Olympics of Innsbruck on the 500 m. One month later, he won silver at the World Sprint Championships behind Swedish skater Johan Granath, though Granath did not win on any of the four distances, while Immerfall won both 500 m races. Immerfall was inducted in the National Speedskating Hall of Fame in 1987.

, Immerfall was a head referee for the International Skating Union. He has two children, Ben and Abby, who are both competitive swimmers.

Olympic career

1976, Innsbruck, Austria 500 m: BRONZE MEDAL 1,000 meters: 12th

1980, Lake Placid, New York 500 m: 5th

1984, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia Alternate; did not compete

Personal records

Event Result Date Venue WR 500 m 37.98 19 January 1980 Davos 37.00 1,000 m 1:17.46 20 January 1980 Davos 1:13.60 1,500 m 2:04.84 18 January 1976 Madonna di Campiglio 1:58.7 3,000 m 4:41.29 15 January 1978 Milwaukee 4:08.3 5,000 m 8:10.45 12 February 1977 Heerenveen 7:02.38