Claudia Pechstein was born on 22 February 1972 and is a German speed skater.
16 Facts About Claudia Pechstein
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Claudia Pechstein held a world record on the 5000 m track with the time 6:46.91 achieved on the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City on 23 February 2002, which was beaten by Martina Sablikova on the same oval five years later.
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Claudia Pechstein is a sergeant in the German Federal Police and trains at the force's sports training centre at Bad Endorf.
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Claudia Pechstein is the first female Winter Olympian to win medals in five consecutive Olympics ; she won the gold medal in the women's 5000 metres race in three consecutive Olympics, with bronze in the first and the silver medal in the fifth.
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Claudia Pechstein won her fifth Olympic gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
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In "Autonomy and Biopower in the Anti-Doping Establishment: A Rogue Agent of Governmentality," sport historian Daniel Rosenke reviews Claudia Pechstein's case, citing it as an example of the contentious nature of the biological passport.
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Two weeks following the 3.49 reading, Claudia Pechstein was tested again at 1.37, a difference considered by the ISU to be an unequivocal sign of doping.
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Finally, Claudia Pechstein interrogated the burden of proof to be met by the ISU in proving a doping violation.
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Claudia Pechstein denied that she had doped and appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, claiming, among other things, that she has an inherited condition explaining the abnormal measurements.
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Claudia Pechstein was allowed to participate at a single 3000 m race in Salt Lake City so that she could qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver should her appeal of the ban be successful.
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In February 2010, Claudia Pechstein filed a criminal complaint in Switzerland against the International Skating Union, alleging trial fraud.
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Claudia Pechstein attempted to use this new evidence in her appeal before the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
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Claudia Pechstein stood to lose her position with the German Federal Police should blood doping have been proved "beyond reasonable doubt".
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Claudia Pechstein applied for unpaid leave in order to be able to continue her training, which was denied.
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Claudia Pechstein next won the bronze medal in the 2011 World Championships in the 5000 m race, finishing behind world champion Martina Sablikova from the Czech Republic and her teammate Stephanie Beckert.
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Claudia Pechstein is currently in 6th position in the adelskalender.