Silvia Brunner
# Silvia Brunner

Silvia Brunner (during her marriage Jörg-Brunner) (born 11 January 1958) is a former speed skater who represented her native country Switzerland in two consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in 1980 in Lake Placid, United States.

## History

Silvia Brunner first came to the attention of the speedskating world when she won the first of her eight Swiss sprint titles in 1976, just 18 years old. The next years she won the Swiss allround championships six times and participating in the international championships; twice at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships (1977 and 1978, winning a silver distance medal on the 500 meter both times); eight times at the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships (1977–1984); three times at the European Speed Skating Championships (1981–1983) and once at the World Allround Speed Skating Championships (1982) and the two before mentioned Winter Olympics. Over the course of her career Sylvia Brunner skated three speed skating world records for Juniors.

## Records

Over the course of her career, Silvia Brunner skated three Junior World Records:

Junior World records, data from :

| Distance | Result | Date | Location |
| - | - | - | - |
| 500 m | 43.53 | 27 Jan 1978 | Davos |
| 500 m | 43.27 | 28 Jan 1978 | Davos |
| Sprint combination | 176.075 | 27/28 Jan 1978 | Davos |

Personal records, data from :

| Distance | Result | Date | Location |
| - | - | - | - |
| 500 m | 41.2 | 5 Feb 1984 | Davos |
| 1,000 m | 1:23.54 | 21 Jan 1984 | Davos |
| 1,500 m | 2:12.27 | 29 Jan 1984 | Davos |
| 3,000 m | 4:47.3 | 29 Dec 1981 | Inzell |
| 5,000 m | 8:22.77 | 12 Dec 1982 | Inzell |
| Sprint combination | 168.350 | 12/13 Feb 1983 | Davos |
| Mini combination | 177.799 | 28/29 Dec 1981 | Inzell |
| Small combination | 186.667 | 3/4 Mar 1983 | Inzell |
