Ans Schut, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ans Schut

Dutch speed skater

Date of Birth: 26-Nov-1944

Place of Birth: Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands

Profession: speed skater

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Johanna ("Ans") Schut (born 26 November 1944) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands.Ans Schut had her best year in 1968 when, after winning silver at the World Allround Championships, she became Olympic Champion on the 3,000 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.
Her time of 4:56.2 (a new Olympic record) was an excellent time those days and she won well ahead of Finnish skater Kaija Mustonen and Dutch compatriot Stien Kaiser, the 3,000 m world record holder at the time.In 1969, Schut won silver at the European Allround Championships and bronze at the World Allround Championships.
That year, she also skated five world records.
The next two years, she fell a few times during international championships (although she did manage to win bronze at the World Allround Championships in 1970).
In 1971 she ended her speed skating career, got married, and changed her last name to Boekema-Schut.
She has three children.