Dan Jansen

Dan Jansen
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Erwin Jansen
BornJune 17, 1965 (1965-06-17) (age 60)
West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country United States
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro1982
Retired1994
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 35.76 (1994)
1000 m: 1:12.43 (1994)
1500 m: 1:55.62 (1993)
3000 m: 4:25.63 (1983)
5000 m: 7:50.22 (1982)
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1994 Lillehammer1,000 m
World Sprint Championships
1988 West AllisSprint
1994 CalgarySprint
1986 KaruizawaSprint
1992 OsloSprint
1985 HeerenveenSprint

Daniel Erwin Jansen (born June 17, 1965) is a retired American speed skater. A multiple world champion in sprint and perennial favorite at the Winter Olympics, he broke a ten-year Olympic jinx when he won a gold medal in his final race, which was the 1,000 meters in the 1994 Winter Games.