Enrico Fabris

Enrico Fabris (born 5 October 1981) is an Italian former long track speed skater who has won three World Cup races and became the first European Allround Champion from Italy when he won the 2006 European Championships one month before the Winter Olympics in Turin. In 2007 he won also the silver medal and in 2008 the bronze medal. Fabris is also a six-time Italian Allround Champion.^[2]

Enrico Fabris

Fabris at a 2006 World Cup in Thialf (Heerenveen, The Netherlands)
Personal information
Born	(1981-10-05) 5 October 1981 (age 43) Asiago, Vicenza, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Speed skating
Club	Fiamme Oro[1]
Coached by	Maurizio Marchetto
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 35.99 (2006) 1000 m: 1:09.68 (2006) 1500 m: 1:43.68 (2007) 3000 m: 3:40.23 (2007) 5000 m: 6:06.09 (2006) 10 000 m: 13:10.60 (2006)
Medal record Men's speed skating Olympic Games 2006 Turin Team pursuit 2006 Turin 1500 m 2006 Turin 5000 m World Single Distances Championships 2005 Inzell Team pursuit 2007 Salt Lake City 5000 m 2008 Nagano 5000 m 2008 Nagano 10000 m 2008 Nagano Team pursuit World Allround Championships 2006 Calgary Allround 2007 Heerenveen Allround 2009 Hamar Allround European Championships 2006 Hamar Allround 2007 Collalbo Allround 2010 Hamar Allround 2008 Kolomna Allround

Career

At the 2006 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's 5,000 m event, Italy's first-ever Olympic medal in speed skating.^[2] Five days later, he was in the winning team on the team pursuit event, to claim Italy's first Olympic speed skating gold. With a time of one minute, 45.97 seconds in the 1,500 m race, Fabris claimed his third medal and defeated American favourites Shani Davis and Chad Hedrick^[3] to become the first non-American to win an individual men's event through the first four races of the Turin Winter Games.^[4] On 10 November 2007 he took the 5,000 meter world record with 6:07.40, which he lost one week later, when Sven Kramer skated faster in Calgary.^[5]

Records

Personal records

Distance	Time (min:sec.dec)	Place	Date
500 m	35.99	Calgary-Olympic Oval	18 Mar 2006
1,000 m	1:09.68	Turin-Oval Lingotto	20 Jan 2007
1,500 m	1:43.68	Salt Lake City-Kearns	9 Nov 2007
3,000 m	3:40.23	Calgary-Olympic Oval	5 Nov 2007
5,000 m	6:06.06	Salt Lake City-Kearns	12 Dec 2009
10,000 m	13:10.60	Calgary-Olympic Oval	19 Mar 2006

As of 2019,^[update] he is in 12th position in the Adelskalender with 146.619 points.^[6]

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com^[7]

World records

Event	Time	Date	Venue
5000 m	6:07.40	November 10, 2007	Salt Lake City

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[8]

See also

• Legends of Italian sport - Walk of Fame
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games