Brittany Schussler

Brittany Schussler

Brittany Schussler participating at the 2008 World Cup at Heerenveen, Netherlands.
Personal information
Born	(1985-04-21) April 21, 1985 (age 32) Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sport
Country	Canada
Club	Winnipeg Speed Skating
Achievements and titles
World finals	World Cup 2012 team pursuit
Personal best(s)	500 m – 39.08 1000 m – 1:15.57 1500 m – 1:54.85 3000 m – 4:03.17 5000 m – 7.04.36
Medal record Women's speed skating World Championships 2009 Richmond Team pursuit 2011 Inzell Team pursuit 2008 Nagano Team pursuit 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit World Junior Championships 2004 Roseville Team pursuit 2003 Kushiro Team pursuit 2003 Kushiro 1500 m

Brittany Schussler (born April 21, 1985) is a retired Canadian speed skater. She was a member of the national speed skating team from 2002 to 2014. Schussler's best individual performance was placing sixth in the 1500 metres at the World Championships in 2008 and she is a three times bronze medalist at the National Single Distance Championships. Her best team performances include a gold medal at a World Cup team pursuit (February 2008), first place in the World Cup standings for team pursuit in 2008 and a silver medal at the 2008 World Championships in Nagano.

Already at a young age Schussler at the World Junior Championships. In total she finished five times a Junior Championship. Her best individual results were the fourth places in Collalbo 2002 and Kushiro 2003. The best team pursuit results at Junior Championships were the bronze medals in Kushiro 2003 and Roseville 2004.

In the Olympic year 2002 Schussler won, still junior, the Canadian Allround Championship. This can be explained by the reason that all the Canadian top athletes were preparing for the Olympics in Salt Lake City and didn't go to the National Championship Allround. The two years after the 2002 Olympics she placed fifth both years. The next National Championship medal Schussler won was the bronze medal at the 1500 meters Single Distance Championship in 2006. In the next two years she repeated the win of a bronze medal at Canadian Single Distance Championship, in 2007 and 2008 she ended third at the 3000 meters.

2008 was the first year she participated at a senior World Championship. In Berlin she reached the 15th place at the World Allround Championships and at the World Single Distance Championships in Nagano she placed sixth on the 1500 meters. In Nagano she won her first senior medal with Christine Nesbitt and Kristina Groves in the Canadian Pursuit Team at the World Championships.

Schussler went to the 2010 Winter Olympics as a favourite to win the gold medal in the women's team pursuit, however they were unable to achieve that and the women's team finished out of the medals. She went home from those games extremely disappointed, Schussler said of her finish there that she was too focused on her results and not the act of racing.