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File:Anni Friesinger Torino 2006.jpg Anni Friesinger at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1977-01-11) 11 January 1977 Bad Reichenhall, Germany
Spouse(s)	Ids Postma (2009)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Speed skating
Retired	2010
Medal record {#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. style="width:100%; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #000000;" #REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect.- |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;" |colspan ="3"#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. Women's speed skating |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;" |colspan ="3"#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. Representing Germany |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;" |colspan ="3"#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. Olympic Games |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2002 Salt Lake City|| 1500 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2006 Turin|| Team pursuit |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2010 Vancouver|| Team pursuit |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 2006 Turin|| 1000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 1998 Nagano|| 3000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;" |colspan ="3"#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. World Allround Championships |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2001 Budapest|| Allround |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2002 Heerenveen|| Allround |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2005 Moscow|| Allround |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2007 Heerenveen|| Allround |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 1998 Heerenveen|| Allround |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;" |colspan ="3"#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. World Sprint Championships |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2007 Hamar|| Sprint |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2004 Nagano|| Sprint |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2008 Heerenveen|| Sprint |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;" |colspan ="3"#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. World Single Distance Championships |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1998 Calgary|| 1500 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2001 Salt Lake City|| 1500 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2003 Berlin|| 1000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2003 Berlin|| 1500 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2003 Berlin|| 3000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2004 Seoul|| 1000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2004 Seoul|| 1500 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2005 Inzell|| 5000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2005 Inzell|| Team pursuit |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2008 Nagano|| 1000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2008 Nagano|| 1500 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 2009 Vancouver|| 1500 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 1997 Warsaw|| 1500 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 1997 Warsaw|| 3000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2000 Nagano|| 1500 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2001 Salt Lake City|| 3000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2004 Seoul|| 3000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2005 Inzell|| 1000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2005 Inzell|| 1500 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2007 Salt Lake City|| 1000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 2009 Vancouver|| 1000 m |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Bronze medal – third place|| 1998 Calgary|| 3000 m #REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect.} </th></tr></table> Anna ("Anni") Christine Friesinger-Postma (born 11 January 1977 in Bad Reichenhall) is a former German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina ("Jana") Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Her brother Jan is also a speed skater. Her sister Agnes is a former speed skater. In July 2010, Friesinger retired from her active sports career when she had to be treated for severe cartilage damage in her right knee joint. On 11 August 2009 Friesinger married former Dutch skater Ids Postma, her long-term boyfriend, at Schloss Mirabell. The celebration took place at Schloss Aigen. As of November 2013, Friesinger lives in Salzburg, Austria, and is planning to move to the Netherlands to live with Postma on his farm in Dearsum. In August 2011 she gave birth to a daughter. In May 2014, her second daughter was born. Sports merits Championships Friesinger has won five Olympic medals; gold at the 1500 m in the 2002 Winter Olympics and the team pursuit in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics as well as bronze at the 3000 m in the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1000 m in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She managed to qualify for the German speed skating team in five events at the 2006 Winter Olympics: the team pursuit and the individual races at 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, and 5000 meters. However, she failed to win gold in any individual events. In the team pursuit semifinal against the United States at the 2010 Olympics, she fell behind her team members and ended up sliding across the finish line on her belly, but Germany still succeeded in advancing to the final. As well as being a five-time European Allround Champion and three time, World Allround Champion, Friesinger has won numerous titles in the World Single Distance Championships. Although she originally specialized in the longer distances, she also won the World Sprint Championships in 2007. In this, Friesinger became the fifth skater in history to be a World Champion in both Allround and Sprint disciplines (along with Sylvia Burka, CAN (1976 and 1977); Eric Heiden, U.S. (1977 and 1977); Natalya Petrusyova, URS (1980 and 1982); and Karin Kania-Enke, GDR (1980 and 1982)). Records Friesinger has set the world record at the 1500 m distance three times during her career, but the record has since been superseded by Canadian competitor Cindy Klassen. Personal records Distance Time (min:sec.dec) Event Place Date 500 m 38.09 2nd World Cup meet 2005–06 Salt Lake City – Kearns 18 November 2005 1,000 m 1:13.49 2nd World Cup meet 2007–08 Calgary 18 November 2007 1,500 m 1:53.19 2nd World Cup meet 2005–06 Salt Lake City – Kearns 20 November 2005 3,000 m 3:58.52  1st World Cup meet 2005–06 Calgary 12 November 2005 5,000 m 6:58.39 2002 Winter Olympics Salt Lake City – Kearns 23 February 2002 Source: SpeedskatingResults.com World records Event Time Date Venue 1500 m 1:56.95 29 March 1998 Calgary 1500 m 1:54.38 4 March 2001 Calgary 1500 m 1:54.02 20 February 2002 Salt Lake City 1500 m 1:53.22 6 November 2005 Calgary Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com Non-sport activities Friesinger has done some modeling work as a sideline, and she has appeared as a swimsuit model in several publications. She is also known for her particularly powerful thighs, as befits a champion speed skater. Autobiography Mein Leben, mein Sport, meine besten Fitness-Tipps ("My Life, My Sport, My Best Fitness Tips"). March 2004, Goldmann. ISBN 3-442-39059-1 . References External links Official website and Anni Friesinger at Speed Skating Stats Anni Friesinger Fan Site – at Skate Log, edited by Kathie Fry Photos of Anni Friesinger – at Lars Hagen's DESG Photo website Awards Preceded by Jochem Uytdehaage Oscar Mathisen Award 2003 Succeeded by Chad Hedrick