Enrico Fabris

Enrico Fabris (born 5 October 1981) is an Italian former 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. In 2007 he won also the silver medal and in 2008 the bronze medal. Fabris is also a six-time Italian Allround Champion.

Career 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. to become the first non-American to win an individual men's event through the first four races of the Turin Winter Games. On 10 November 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.

Records

Personal records Distance Time (min:sec.dec) Place Date 500 m 35.99 Calgary-Olympic Oval 18 Mar 2006 1,000 m 1:09.68 Turin-Oval Lingotto 20 Jan 2007 1,500 m 1:43.68 Salt Lake City-Kearns 9 Nov 2007 3,000 m 3:40.23 Calgary-Olympic Oval 5 Nov 2007 5,000 m 6:06.06 Salt Lake City-Kearns 12 Dec 2009 10,000 m 13:10.60 Calgary-Olympic Oval 19 Mar 2006 he is in 12th position in the Adelskalender with 146.619 points.

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com

World records

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com