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Place of Birth: Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany
About Günter Traub
- Günter Traub (born 13 March 1939) is a German speed skater.
- He competed in all speed skating events at the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics.
- His best achievement was 11th place in the 5000 m in 1964 and in 10000 m in 1968.
- During his career, Traub set two point-scoring world records in all-around speed skating, in 1963 and in 1968.
- He also won four national all-around titles, in 1961–1963 and 1968.From 1969 to 1970 he coached the United States speed skating team, which included Peter Mueller, Dianne Holum and Eric Heiden.
- He ended his skating career in 1970 after a serious training accident in a swimming pool, which brought him into a coma and resulted in multiple fractures.
- After recovery, he prepared the Italian skating team to the 1972 Winter Olympics.
- In 1972 Traub joined the motorsport and has been a fitness trainer of the Ford car racing team, which included Jackie Stewart, Niki Lauda, Jochen Mass and Hans-Joachim Stuck.In 1999, he resumed competing in speed skating and became world champion in his age group, setting a new world record.
- He proceeded to win world titles in 2000 and 2002, setting a total of seven world records in the age group over 60 years.Traub now lives in St.
- Moritz, Switzerland, where he works as a physical education and mental trainer.
- He consulted such individuals as Juan Carlos of Spain, Michael Schumacher and Hubert Burda.
- In 1990, he had a cameo appearance in the German sports film Fire, Ice and Dynamite.Personal bests: 500 m – 40.7 (1968) 1000 m – 1:21.3 (1968) 1500 m – 2:03.8 (1968) 5000 m – 7:38.6 (1968) 10000 m – 15:42.6 (1968)
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