Ans Schut


Johanna "Ans" Schut was a Dutch ice speed skater. She had her best year in 1968 when, after winning silver at the World Allround [Speed Skating Championships|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 set a new Olympic record, beating 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. In 1971, she ended her speed skating career, got married, and changed her last name to Boekema-Schut. She had three children.
Schut died on 7 November 2025, at the age of 80.

Records

Over the course of her career, Schut skated 5 world records and 8 Dutch records:

Honours

On 14 May 2021, Jovian asteroid 43436 Ansschut, discovered by astronomers with the American Lincoln [Near-Earth Asteroid Research|LINEAR] survey in 2000, was in her honour.