# Patrick Beckert

Patrick Beckert (born 17 April 1990) is a German Olympic 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.
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

Personal records :
| Speed skating |||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500 m | 37.59 | 2 March 2019 | Olympic Oval, Calgary, Canada | |
| 1000 m | 1:11.91 | 26 October 2018 | Max Aicher Arena, Inzell, Germany | |
| 1500 m | 1:45.15 | 13 December 2017 | Olympic Oval, Calgary, Canada | |
| 3000 m | 3:37.31 | 7 November 2015 | Olympic Oval, Calgary, Canada | German national record |
| 5000 m | 6:07.02 | 10 December 2017 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City, USA | German national record |
| 10000 m | 12:47.93 | 14 February 2020 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City, USA | German national record |

## 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 | | | | | | INNSBRUCK 33rd 500m 19th 3000m 39th 1500m DNQ 5000m 28th overall Team pursuit | |
| 2007–08 | ERFURT 5th 5000m | | | | | CHANGCHUN 31st 500m 15th 3000m 18th 1500m 16th 5000m 20th overall 6th Team pursuit | |
| 2008–09 | BERLIN 6th 1500m 4th 5000m | | | | | ZAKAPANE 5th 5000m Team pursuit | 50th 5000m overall |
| 2009–10 | BERLIN 5000m | HAMAR 22nd 500m 19th 5000m 25th 1500m DNQ 10000m 19th overall | HEERENVEEN 21st 500m 14th 5000m 19th 1500m DNQ 10000m 18th overall | | VANCOUVER 22nd 5000m | | 23rd 5000 overall 10th Team pursuit overall |
| 2010–11 | ERFURT 4th 1500m 5000m | | | INZELL 12th 5000m | | | 9th 5000/10000m overall |
| 2011–12 | INZELL 1500m 5000m DQ 10000m | BUDAPEST 24th 500m 11th 5000m 16th 1500m DNQ 10000m 14th overall | MOSCOW 20th 500m 10th 5000m 13th 1500m 10th 10000m 10th overall | HEERENVEEN 21st 1500m 8th 5000m 6th Team pursuit | | | 39th 1500m overall 11th 5000m overall Team pursuit overall |
| 2012–13 | BERLIN 1500m | | | SOCHI 9th 5000m 8th 10000m 6th Team pursuit | | | 47th 1500m overall 11th 5000/10000m overall 7th Team pursuit overall |
| 2013–14 | INZELL 1500m 5000m allround | | | | SOCHI 23rd 1500m 8th 5000m 6th 10000m | | 35th 1500m overall 5000/10000m overall 7th Team pursuit overall |
| 2014–15 | BERLIN 1500m 5000m 10000m Mass Start | | CALGARY 23rd 500m 6th 5000m 15th 1500m DNQ 10000m 17th overall | HEERENVEEN 7th 5000m 10000m 16th Mass start | | | 4th 5000/10000m overall |
| 2015–16 | INZELL 1500m 5000m Mass Start | | BERLIN 23rd 500m 5th 5000m 19th 1500m 6th 10000m 7th overall | KOLOMNA 4th 5000m 4th 10000m | | | 47th 1500m overall 5th 5000/10000m overall 8th Team pursuit overall |
| 2016–17 | INZELL 1500m 5000m 10000m | | HAMAR 20th 500m 4th 5000m 14th 1500m 4th 10000m 7th overall | GANGNEUNG 7th 5000m 10000m | | | 40th 1500m overall 5th 5000/10000m overall 11th Team pursuit overall |
| 2017–18 | INZELL 1500m 5000m 10000m | | | | GANGNEUNG 10th 5000m 7th 10000m | | 35th 1500m overall 6th 5000/10000m overall |
| 2018–19 | INZELL 1500m 5000m 10000m | | CALGARY 22nd 500m 7th 5000m 13th 1500m DNQ 10000m 15th overall | INZELL 6th 5000m 4th 10000m | | | 43rd 1500m overall 5th 5000/10000m overall |
| 2019–20 | INZELL 5000m 10000m | | | SALT LAKE CITY 6th 5000m 10000m | | | 8th 5000/10000m overall |
| 2020–21 | | | | HEERENVEEN 9th 5000m 9th 10000m | | | 12th 5000m/10000m overall |
| 2021–22 | INZELL 5000m 10000m | | | | BEIJING 11th 5000m 7th 10000m | | 6th 5000m/10000m overall |
Source German data:
* DNQ = Did not qualify for the final distance
* DQ = Disqualified

## World Cup overview

| Season | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 1500 meter | 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 | | | | | | |
| Season | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 meter | 5000/10000 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 | 12th | 12th | 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 | Team Pursuit | Team Pursuit | Team Pursuit | 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 | 24 | 6 | 0 |
| World Championships Junior | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| World Championships Single Distances | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| World Cup | 0 | 3 | 8 |

## 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