Ans Schut Explained

Ans Schut
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Birth Date:26 November 1944
Birth Place:Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Height:1.7m (05.6feet)
Weight:67kg (148lb)
Country:Netherlands
Retired:1971

Johanna ("Ans") Schut (born 26 November 1944) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands.

Ans Schut had her best year in 1968 when, after winning silver at the World Allround Championships, she became Olympic Champion on the 3,000 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Her time of 4:56.2 (a new Olympic record) was an excellent time those days and she won well ahead of Finnish skater Kaija Mustonen and Dutch compatriot Stien Kaiser, the 3,000 m world record holder at the time.

In 1969, Schut won silver at the European Allround Championships and bronze at the World Allround Championships. That year, she also skated five world records. The next two years, she fell a few times during international championships (although she did manage to win bronze at the World Allround Championships in 1970). In 1971 she ended her speed skating career, got married, and changed her last name to Boekema-Schut. She has three children.

Records

Over the course of her career, Schut skated 5 world records and 8 Dutch records:

World records, data from[1] !Distance!!Result!!Date!!Location
3,000 m4:52.02 February 1969Grenoble
3,000 m4:50.49 February 1969Davos
1,500 m2:18.522 February 1969Inzell
3,000 m4:50.323 February 1969Inzell
Mini combination185.50023 February 1969Inzell
Dutch records, data from [2] !Distance!!Result!!Date!!Location
3,000 m5:10.612 March 1968Deventer
3,000 m5:04.122 December 1968Heerenveen
3,000 m4:52.02 February 1969Grenoble
3,000 m4:50.49 February 1969Davos
Mini combination189.0009 February 1969Davos
1,500 m2:18.522 February 1969Inzell
3,000 m4:50.323 February 1969Inzell
Mini combination185.50023 February 1969Inzell
Personal records!Distance!!Result!!Date!!Location
500 m44.924 January 1971Davos
1,000 m1:30.116 January 1971Davos
1,500 m2:16.62 March 1968
3,000 m4:50.323 February 1969Inzell
Mini combination184.26616 January 1971Davos

Honors

On 14 May 2021, Jovian asteroid 43436 Ansschut, discovered by astronomers with the American LINEAR survey in 2000, was in her honor.

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Notes and References

  1. Bijlsma 1997, pp. 432, 434, 438.
  2. Bijlsma 1997, pp. 462, 464.