Dan Immerfall

Dan Immerfall

Personal information
Born	December 14, 1955 (age 60) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Medal record Men's speed skating Competitor for  United States Olympic Games 1976 Innsbruck 500 m

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

As of 2007, Immerfall is 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

To put these personal records in perspective, the column WR lists the official world records on the dates that Immerfall skated his 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

References

• Dan Immerfall at SkateResults.com
• Personal records from Jakub Majerski's Speedskating Database
• Dan Immerfall. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
• Historical World Records. International Skating Union (2007-06-12). Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
• Speedskating Hall of Fame – Speed Skaters. The National Speedskating Museum and Hall of Fame. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.