Patrick Beckert (born 17 April 1990) is a German speed skater. He was named Erfurt’s Athlete of the Year in 2016, 2017, and 2020 and is the brother of Olympic champion Stephanie Beckert.
Career Beckert was able to win medals at national and international levels as well as in the junior category. In the junior category, Beckert competed in the World Championships in 2007, 2008, and 2009. In 2007 in Innsbruck and 2009 in Zakopane, he and his team secured 2nd place in the men’s team competition. He is a multiple-time German junior champion and a 24-time German champion in the men’s category.
In the World Cup, he has stood on the podium ten times with two second and eight third-place finishes. In his first year in the adult category in the 2009/10 season, he ranked 23rd in the overall World Cup over 5/10 km. His best overall World Cup placements are 3rd place in the team event in 2011/12 and 2nd place in the long distance 5/10 km in the winter of 2013/14, a feat never achieved by a German speed skater over long distances.
Beckert has participated in the Single Distance World Championships nine times so far, as well as in the Allround World Championships in 2012, 2016, 2017, and 2019. His greatest success was winning the bronze medal over 10 km in German record time of 12:47.93 min in 2020. He also won the bronze medal over 10 km at the World Championships in 2015 and 2017. In addition, he finished 7th at the Allround World Championships in Hamar in 2017, setting a new German record.
He has participated in the Olympic Games four times so far, in 2010 in Vancouver, 2014 in Sochi, 2018 in Pyeongchang, and 2022 in Beijing. In 2010, at the age of 19, he was the youngest male German speed skater at the time and finished 22nd in the 5000-meter race with a time of 6:36.02 min, the best German over that distance. In 2014, he finished 8th in the 5 km race in 6:21.18 min and 6th in the 10 km race in 13:14.26 min, being the best German on both distances. In 2018 in South Korea, he finished seventh (10 km) and tenth (5 km), and in 2022 in Beijing, he finished seventh (10 km) and eleventh (5 km), once again being the best German runner in each case.
So far, he has set twelve German records in the men’s category and seven German records in the junior category, as well as nine championship records. He was the first German to run 10 km in under 13 minutes and 3 km in under 3:40 min. Currently, Beckert holds the German records for 3 km (3:37.31 min), 5 km (6:07.02 min), 10 km (12:47.93 min), Allround (151.730 points), and in team pursuit (3:40.50 min).
In 2015, Beckert was a member of the Dutch private team Jutstlease.nl. It was coached by Rutger Tijssen, the former coach of 5 and 10 km world record holder Sven Kramer. From 2016 to 2022, he trained with his younger brother Pedro in their hometown Erfurt following his own training program.
Speed skating Personal records
Tournament overview Season German Championships Single Distances European Championships Allround World Championships Allround World Championships Single Distances Olympic Games World Championships Junior World Cup GWC 2006–07 33rd 500m 19th 3000m 39th 1500m DNQ 5000m 28th overall Team pursuit 2007–08 5th 5000m 31st 500m 15th 3000m 18th 1500m 16th 5000m 20th overall 6th Team pursuit 2008–09 6th 1500m 4th 5000m 5th 5000m Team pursuit 50th 5000m overall 2009–10 5000m 22nd 500m 19th 5000m 25th 1500m DNQ 10000m 19th overall 21st 500m 14th 5000m 19th 1500m DNQ 10000m 18th overall 22nd 5000m 23rd 5000 overall 10th Team pursuit overall 2010–11 4th 1500m 5000m 12th 5000m 9th 5000/10000m overall 2011–12 1500m 5000m DQ 10000m 24th 500m 11th 5000m 16th 1500m DNQ 10000m 14th overall 20th 500m 10th 5000m 13th 1500m 10th 10000m 10th overall 21st 1500m 8th 5000m 6th Team pursuit 39th 1500m overall 11th 5000m overall Team pursuit overall 2012–13 1500m 9th 5000m 8th 10000m 6th Team pursuit 47th 1500m overall 11th 5000/10000m overall 7th Team pursuit overall 2013–14 1500m 5000m allround 23rd 1500m 8th 5000m 6th 10000m 35th 1500m overall 5000/10000m overall 7th Team pursuit overall 2014–15 1500m 5000m 10000m Mass Start 23rd 500m 6th 5000m 15th 1500m DNQ 10000m 17th overall 7th 5000m 10000m 16th Mass start 4th 5000/10000m overall 2015–16 1500m 5000m Mass Start 23rd 500m 5th 5000m 19th 1500m 6th 10000m 7th overall 4th 5000m 4th 10000m 47th 1500m overall 5th 5000/10000m overall 8th Team pursuit overall 2016–17 1500m 5000m 10000m 20th 500m 4th 5000m 14th 1500m 4th 10000m 7th overall 7th 5000m 10000m 40th 1500m overall 5th 5000/10000m overall 11th Team pursuit overall 2017–18 1500m 5000m 10000m 10th 5000m 7th 10000m 35th 1500m overall 6th 5000/10000m overall 2018–19 1500m 5000m 10000m 22nd 500m 7th 5000m 13th 1500m DNQ 10000m 15th overall 6th 5000m 4th 10000m 43rd 1500m overall 5th 5000/10000m overall 2019–20 5000m 10000m 6th 5000m 10000m 8th 5000/10000m overall 2020–21 9th 5000m 9th 10000m 12th 5000m/10000m overall 2021–22 5000m 10000m 11th 5000m 7th 10000m 6th 5000m/10000m overall Source German data:Speed skating results.com
DNQ = Did not qualify for the final distance DQ = Disqualified
World Cup overview Season 1500 meter 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 – 5th(b) – – – – 2012–2013 16th(b) 17th(b 11th(b) 7th(b) – – 2013–2014 – 5th(b) – – 5th(b) – 2014–2015 2015–2016 8th(b) – – – 19th(b) – 2016–2017 – – – – 5th(b) – 2017–2018 – – 13th(b) – 4th(b) – 2018–2019 9th(b) – – 10th(b) – – 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021–2022 Season5000/10000 meter 2008–2009 8th(b) – – – – – 2009–2010 15th(b) 18th DQ 4th(b) 14th 16th 2010–2011 14th 14th 5th 12th 4th 9th 2011–2012 12th12th 4th 10th 8th 11th 2012–2013 13th 5th(b) 4th(b) 10th 6th 11th 2013–2014 9th 11th 9th 4th 2014–2015 5th 5th 9th 8th 4th 2015–2016 4th 4th 7th 8th 5th 10th 2016–2017 9th 11th 4th 5th 6th 2017–2018 10th 7th 5th DQ 2018–2019 4th 8th 4th 8th 5th 6th 2019–2020 11th 10th 8th 6th 8th 11th 2020–2021 8th 15th 2021–2022 10th 8th 7th 8th 11th Season Team Pursuit 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 – 6th 11th 2011–2012 4th 2012–2013 5th – 6th – 2013–2014 10th 6th 5th – 2014–2015 2015–2016 7th 6th – – 2016–2017 9th – 9th – – 2017–2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021–2022
– = Did not participate (b) = Division B DQ = Disqualified
Medals won Championship Gold Silver Bronze German Championships World Championships Junior World Championships Single Distances World Cup
Extras Thuringian achiever of the year 2011 Erfurt athlete of the year 2016 Erfurt athlete of the year 2017 Erfurt athlete of the year 2020
References
Sources Patrick Beckert Homepage Patrick Beckert at speedskatingnews.info Patrick Beckert at isuresults.eu Patrick Beckert at instagram.com Patrick Beckert at de.linkedin.com speedskatingnews.info statistics speedskatingnews.info records Patrick Beckert at teamdeutschland.de Patrick Beckert at bundeswehr-sport-magazin.de Patrick Beckert at thueringer-allgemeine.de Patrick Beckert at schaatsen.nl Wikipedia Germany
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