Celeste Chlapaty

Celeste Chlapaty Schultz (born 20 April 1954) is an American former short track and long track speed skater, who was active in the 1970s. She became the first women's short track world champion.

Celeste Chlapaty

Personal information
Born	April 20, 1956
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Speed skating Short track speed skating

Career

She became in pack style skating National and North American Indoor Champion in 1973 and National Indoor Champion in 1976 and 1977. Celeste was inducted to the National Speedskating Hall of Fame on 20 May 1989 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1]

Short track speed skating

Chlapaty won at the 1976 World Short Track Speed Skating Championships the 1000m, 1500m and 3000m. She won the 1000m ahead of Denise Chlapaty. Together with becoming second in the 500m she became the first women short track world champion (overall).[2][3][4][5]

Speed skating

As a speed skater Chlapaty competed at several international and national competitions in Inzell, Germany, in February and November 1975.[6] She also competed at other international competitions in Switzerland, Germany and Sweden.[6]

Personal records

Personal records
500 m	47,64	08.02.1975	Inzell
1000 m	1.37,17	09.02.1975	Inzell
1500 m	2.35,85	23.11.1975	Inzell
3000 m	5.59,10	14.01.1973	West Allis

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References

2. "1976 World Championships - women's 500m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
3. "1976 World Championships - women's 1000m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
4. "1976 World Championships - women's 1500m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
5. "1976 World Championships - women's 3000m finals". ShorttrackOnLine.info. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
6. "Competition results, statistics and records; SpeedSkatingNews". www.speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
7. "Skaters: Celeste Chlapaty". www.speedskatingbase.eu. Retrieved 15 April 2020.