Gabriel Odor
Austria
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| FederationID | SSAUT12308200001 | |
| NOC | Austria | |
| Born | 23 Aug 2000
in  Hall in Tirol | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | Innsbruck, AUT | |
| Occupation | Armed Forces Athlete | |
| Languages | English, German |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 36.58 | 09 Mar 2018 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:10.06 | 03 Mar 2018 | Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1500m | 1:46.04 | 23 Jan 2021 |  Heerenveen |
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| 5000m | 6:25.40 | 24 Jan 2021 | Heerenveen |
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| 10000m | 14:35.08 | 29 Dec 2018 | Innsbruck |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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World Junior Championships
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| Mass Start 10 Laps | 1 | 1 | ||||
Social Media
Social Media
| www.facebook.com/gabriel.odor.9 | twitter.com/gabriel_odor |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He began speed skating during the 2010/11 season in Innsbruck, Austria. | |
| Reason for choosing this sport | He played ice hockey and enjoyed skating, so he followed his brother into speed skating. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Most influential person in career | His family. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2019) | |
| Hero / Idol | Dutch speed skater Sven Kramer. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2019) | |
| Other information | SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST He has worked with a sports psychologist to help him handle the pressure that comes with competing in speed skating. "I felt like a machine [after he started competing on the World Cup circuit]. It was all about the sport and the constant self-optimisation brought me a lot of pressure and a lot of thoughts. It's exhausting, but I'm living my dream." (diepresse.com, 08 Nov 2021) |
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| Sporting philosophy / motto | "Train smart, not hard." (Athlete, 13 Nov 2019) | |
| Ambitions | To compete at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing. (meinbezirk.at, 23 Mar 2019) | |
| Milestones | He became the first male Austrian speed skater to win a gold medal at the world junior championships when he was victorious in the mass start at the 2019 edition of the tournament in Baselga di Pine, Italy. (SportsDeskOnline, 14 Jan 2021) | |
| Nicknames | Gabse (usci.at, 01 Jan 2016) | |
| Injuries | He broke his arm in 2016 and was out of action for three weeks. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2019) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning gold in the mass start event at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Baselga di Pine, Italy. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2019) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2021/2022 | European Single Distances Championships | Mass Start | 7 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 10 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | Mass Start | 10 | |||
| 2020/2021 | European Allround Championships | Allround | 12 | |||
| 2019/2020 | European Single Distances Championships | Mass Start 16 Laps | 13 | |||
| 2019/2020 | European Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 18 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Single Distances Championships | 1500m | 23 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2020/2021 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 11 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup | 1500m | 17 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup | Mass Start | 20 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | Mass Start 16 Laps | 24 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup | 5000m | 28 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup | 1500m | 60 | |||