Sport | Speed Skating | |
FederationID | SSGER22102198901 | |
NOC | Germany | |
Born | 21 Feb 1989
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Gender | Women |
Residence | Berlin, GER | |
Occupation | Athlete, Serves in the Army | |
Languages | English, German | |
Higher education | Teaching - Humboldt University of Berlin: Germany |
Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
500m | 40.50 | 04 Mar 2017 | ![]() |
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1000m | 1:19.17 | 02 Nov 2013 | ![]() |
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1500m | 1:59.35 | 12 Feb 2017 | ![]() |
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3000m | 4:03.67 | 15 Nov 2013 | ![]() |
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5000m | 7:00.62 | 11 Feb 2017 | ![]() |
Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
World Junior Championships
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Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 1 |
bentekraus.de/ | www.facebook.com/Bente-Kraus-1511728579070629/ |
Club / Team | Eisbaren Juniors Berlin: Germany | |
Reason for choosing this sport | Her father was a skating coach and her mother was a speed skater in her youth, so Kraus followed their influence. "I had a crazy sports family." | |
Name of coach | Jan van Veen [national], NED | |
When and where did you begin this sport? | She took up figure skating at age six and switched to speed skating at age 10. |
Most influential person in career | Her father. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2017) | |
Other information | FAMILY TRAGEDY Her father, who was her personal coach and an instructor at the Eisbaren Berlin club in Germany, passed away suddenly from cancer in 2013. (berliner-kurier.de, 04 Jul 2014; bentekraus.de, 08 Jul 2013) |
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Superstitions / Rituals / Beliefs | She always straightens her glasses before a race. (desg.de, 16 Nov 2014) | |
Ambitions | To compete at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, and to become a primary school teacher. (mediathek.daserste.de, 12 Nov 2016; berliner-kurier.de, 04 Jul 2014) | |
Injuries | A knee injury meant she missed the 2017 German Championships in Inzell. (bz-berlin.de, 18 Oct 2017) | |
Memorable sporting achievement | Finishing 11th in both the 3000m and the 5000m at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2017, 03 Dec 2015) | |
Sporting philosophy / motto | "Train hard, believe in yourself and you can achieve your goals." (Athlete, 28 Jan 2017) | |
Hero / Idol | German speed skater Claudia Pechstein. (tlz.de, 29 Oct 2016) |
Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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2012/2013 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 4 | |||
2014/2015 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 6 | |||
2014/2015 | World Single Distances Championships | 3000m | 6 | |||
2015/2016 | World Single Distances Championships | 5000m | 7 | |||
2012/2013 | World Single Distances Championships | 5000m | 7 | |||
2014/2015 | World Single Distances Championships | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 7 | |||
2012/2013 | World Single Distances Championships | 3000m | 8 | |||
2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | 5000m | 8 | |||
2015/2016 | World Single Distances Championships | 3000m | 9 | |||
2014 | Olympic Games | 5000m | 11 | |||
2014 | Olympic Games | 3000m | 11 | |||
2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | 3000m | 12 | |||
2011/2012 | World Single Distances Championships | 5000m | 13 | |||
2016/2017 | World Allround Championships | Allround | 15 | |||
2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 16 | |||
2015/2016 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 16 | |||
2016/2017 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 17 | |||
2010/2011 | European Championships | Allround | 18 | |||
2011/2012 | European Championships | Allround | 20 |
World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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2014/2015 | World Cup Heerenveen | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 2 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup Obihiro | Team Pursuit 6 Laps | 3 | |||
2016/2017 | World Cup | 3000/5000m | 7 | |||
2012/2013 | World Cup | Mass Start 15 Laps | 8 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup | 3000/5000m | 10 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 11 | |||
2013/2014 | World Cup | 3000/5000m | 17 | |||
2015/2016 | World Cup | 3000/5000m | 18 | |||
2016/2017 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 20 | |||
2012/2013 | World Cup | 3000/5000m | 24 | |||
2011/2012 | World Cup | 3000/5000m | 24 | |||
2015/2016 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 28 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup | Overall | 28 | |||
2010/2011 | World Cup | 3000/5000m | 36 | |||
2016/2017 | World Cup | Overall | 37 | |||
2016/2017 | World Cup | 1500m | 40 | |||
2011/2012 | World Cup | 1500m | 41 | |||
2014/2015 | World Cup | 1500m | 43 |