Anni Friesinger-Postma

Anni Friesinger-Postma
Anni Friesinger at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1977-01-11) 11 January 1977
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Spouse
Ids Postma (2009)
Sport
CountryGermany
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro1993
Coached byGianni Romme
Retired2010
Medal record
Speed skating
Representing Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 0 2
World Allround 3 1 1
World Distance 12 9 1
World Sprint 1 2 0
European Allround 5 1 0
Total 24 13 4
Olympic Games
2002 Salt Lake City 1500 m
2006 Turin Team pursuit
2010 Vancouver Team pursuit
2006 Turin 1000 m
1998 Nagano 3000 m
World Allround Championships
2001 Budapest Allround
2002 Heerenveen Allround
2005 Moscow Allround
2007 Heerenveen Allround
1998 Heerenveen Allround
World Sprint Championships
2007 Hamar Sprint
2004 Nagano Sprint
2008 Heerenveen Sprint
World Single Distance Championships
1998 Calgary 1500 m
2001 Salt Lake City 1500 m
2003 Berlin 1000 m
2003 Berlin 1500 m
2003 Berlin 3000 m
2004 Seoul 1000 m
2004 Seoul 1500 m
2005 Inzell 5000 m
2005 Inzell Team pursuit
2008 Nagano 1000 m
2008 Nagano 1500 m
2009 Vancouver 1500 m
1997 Warsaw 1500 m
1997 Warsaw 3000 m
2000 Nagano 1500 m
2001 Salt Lake City 3000 m
2004 Seoul 3000 m
2005 Inzell 1000 m
2005 Inzell 1500 m
2007 Salt Lake City 1000 m
2009 Vancouver 1000 m
1998 Calgary 3000 m

Anna ("Anni") Christine Friesinger-Postma (born 11 January 1977) is a German former speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina ("Jana") Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Her brother Jan is also a speed skater. Her sister Agnes is a former speed skater. In July 2010, Friesinger retired from her active sports career when she had to be treated for severe cartilage damage in her right knee joint.

On 11 August 2009 Friesinger married former Dutch skater Ids Postma, her long-term boyfriend, at Schloss Mirabell. The celebration took place at Schloss Aigen. As of November 2013, Friesinger lives in Salzburg, Austria, and is planning to move to the Netherlands to live with Postma on his farm in Dearsum. In August 2011 she gave birth to a daughter. In May 2014, her second daughter was born.