Biography enrico fabris

Enrico Fabris (born 5 October 1981) is an Italian former long track speed skater who has won three World Cup races and became the first European Allround Champion from Italy when he won the 2006 European Championships one month before the Winter Olympics in Turin.
Enrico Fabris is an Italian former long track speed skater who has won three World Cup races and became the first European Allround Champion from Italy when he won the 2006 European Championships one month before the Winter Olympics in Turin.
Skating policeman Enrico Fabris started skating at the age of six in his local club in Roana.

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Enrico Fabris

Championships resultsYearCompetitionEvent

Championships results

2006Olympic Games1500m1 2005/2006European ChampionshipsAllround1 2006Olympic GamesTeam Pursuit 8 Laps1 2006/2007European ChampionshipsAllround2 2005/2006World Allround ChampionshipsAllround2 2007/2008World Single Distances ChampionshipsTeam Pursuit 8 Laps2 2004/2005World Single Distances ChampionshipsTeam Pursuit 8 Laps2 2007/2008World Single Distances Championships10000m2 2009/2010European ChampionshipsAllround2 2006/2007World Allround ChampionshipsAllround2 2007/2008World Single Distances Championships5000m2 2006/2007World Single Distances Championships5000m2 2007/2008Euro

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Enrico Fabris

Updated：2008-05-16 15:29 | Source：beijing2008

Born: 5 October 1981

Birthplace: Asiago (Italy)

Nationality: Italy

Sport: Skating

ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

Salt Lake City 2002

Turin 2006

AWARDS

Olympic medals:

Gold: 2

Bronze: 1

Other results:

World Single Distances Championships

Silver: 1 (2005)

World Allround Championships

Silver: 1 (2006)

Italy's Surprise

Enrico Fabris started skating at the age of six in his local club in Roana. After 16 years of practising, he joined, like many other Italian champions, the Italian police's sports group, the famous "Fiamme Oro".

At his first Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in 2002, Enrico Fabris came 16th in the 5,000m and 26th in the 1,500m. But the graduate from the University of Padua made progress, and quickly moved up in the world rankings. Winter 2006 marked his arrival among the world's best, with his first victories in the World Cup and his title of European champion. At the Olympic Games in Turin, Fabris was considered an outsider in the speed skating competition. No-one thought he woul

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Enrico Fabris

Italian speed skater

Fabris at a 2006 World Cup in Thialf (Heerenveen, The Netherlands)
Born	(1981-10-05) 5 October 1981 (age 43) Asiago, Vicenza, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Country	Italy
Sport	Speed skating
Club	Fiamme Oro^[1]
Coached by	Maurizio Marchetto
Personal best(s)	500 m: 35.99 (2006) 1000 m: 1:09.68 (2006) 1500 m: 1:43.68 (2007) 3000 m: 3:40.23 (2007) 5000 m: 6:06.09 (2006) 10 000 m: 13:10.60 (2006)

Enrico Fabris (born 5 October 1981) is an Italian former long track speed skater who has won three World Cup races and became the first European Allround Champion from Italy when he won the 2006 European Championships one month before the Winter Olympics in Turin. In 2007 he won also the silver medal and in 2008 the bronze medal. Fabris is also a six-time Italian Allround Champion.^[2]

Career

At the 2006 Olympics he won a bronze medal in the men's 5,000 m event, Ital