The two gold medals Antson won in 1964 turned out to be his only international medals, although he did win some national medals at the Soviet Allround Championships – gold in 1967, silver in 1965 and 1968, and bronze in 1966. He participated in the 1500 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, but despite skating a new personal record, he finished only twelfth.[1]
He retired shortly after the 1968 Games and worked as a sports official, first in the Soviet Estonian Committee for Physical Culture and Sports, and later with the Estonian Olympic Committee. At the 1992 Winter Olympics he became the first flag bearer for Estonia after it became independent from the Soviet Union.[1]
In 1965, Antson married Estonian film actress Eve Kivi, the couple would divorce in 1972. He later married Ene Antson and the couple remained married until his death; one week and four days before his 77th birthday.
Medals
An overview of medals won by Antson at important championships he participated in, listing the years in which he won each:[1]
ants, antson, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 2015. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ants Antson news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ants Antson 11 November 1938 31 October 2015 was an Estonian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union 1 Ants AntsonAnts Antson in 1966Personal informationBorn 1938 11 11 11 November 1938Tallinn EstoniaDied31 October 2015 2015 10 31 aged 76 Height1 84 m 6 ft 0 in Weight84 kg 185 lb SportSportSpeed skatingClubKalev TallinnMedal record Representing the Soviet UnionOlympic Games1964 Innsbruck 1500 m Contents 1 Biography 2 Medals 3 Records 3 1 World records 4 Personal records 5 References 6 External linksBiography EditAntson trained at the Kalev Voluntary Sports Society Coached by former World Olympic and European Champion Boris Shilkov Antson had his best year in 1964 when he became European Allround Champion won the 1500 m event at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and set a new world record in the 3000 m For his achievements that year he received the Oscar Mathisen Award 1 The two gold medals Antson won in 1964 turned out to be his only international medals although he did win some national medals at the Soviet Allround Championships gold in 1967 silver in 1965 and 1968 and bronze in 1966 He participated in the 1500 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble but despite skating a new personal record he finished only twelfth 1 He retired shortly after the 1968 Games and worked as a sports official first in the Soviet Estonian Committee for Physical Culture and Sports and later with the Estonian Olympic Committee At the 1992 Winter Olympics he became the first flag bearer for Estonia after it became independent from the Soviet Union 1 In 1965 Antson married Estonian film actress Eve Kivi the couple would divorce in 1972 He later married Ene Antson and the couple remained married until his death one week and four days before his 77th birthday Medals EditAn overview of medals won by Antson at important championships he participated in listing the years in which he won each 1 Championships Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medalWinter Olympics 1964 1500 m World Allround European Allround 1964 Soviet Allround 1967 1965 1968 1966Records EditWorld records Edit Over the course of his career Antson skated one world record 1 Discipline Time Date Location3000 m 4 27 3 11 February 1964 OsloSource SpeedSkatingStats com 2 Personal records EditTo put these personal records in perspective the WR column lists the official world records on the dates that Antson skated his personal records Event Result Date Venue WR500 m 40 7 16 January 1968 Medeo 39 51500 m 2 07 2 16 February 1968 Grenoble 2 02 53000 m 4 27 3 11 February 1964 Oslo 4 27 65000 m 7 34 8 16 January 1968 Medeo 7 26 210000 m 15 57 7 18 January 1964 Oslo 15 33 0Big combination 177 198 17 January 1968 Medeo 176 982Source SpeedskatingResults com 3 Antson has an Adelskalender score of 176 465 points His highest ranking on the Adelskalender was fourth place References Edit a b c d e f Ants Antson sports reference com Ants Antson SpeedSkatingStats com Retrieved 29 August 2012 Ants Antson SpeedskatingResults com Retrieved 29 August 2012 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ants Antson Ants Antson at Olympedia Ants Antson at Olympics com Ants Antson at the Estonian Olympic Committee archived Ants Antson at ESBL in Estonian Ants Antson at SpeedSkatingStats com Personal records from Jakub Majerski s Speedskating Database Results of Soviet Championships at SpeedSkating ru Legends of Soviet Sport in Russian AwardsPreceded by Nils Aaness Oscar Mathisen Award1964 Succeeded by Per Ivar MoePreceded by Toomas Leius Estonian Sportspersonality of the Year1964 Succeeded by Toomas Leius Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ants Antson amp oldid 1138852725, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
