Anni Friesinger-Postma

Anni Friesinger-Postma

Anna ("Anni") Christine Friesinger-Postma (born 11 January 1977 in Bad Reichenhall) is a former German speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina ("Jana") Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Anni's brother Jan is a speed skater, too. Her sister Agnes is a former speed skater. In July 2010, Anni Friesinger retired from her active sports career when she had to be treated for severe cartilage damage in her right knee joint.

On 11 August 2009 Friesinger married former Dutch skater Ids Postma, her long-term boyfriend, at Schloss Mirabell. The celebration took place at Schloss Aigen. Friesinger currently lives in Salzburg, Austria, and is planning to move to the Netherlands to live with Postma on his farm. In August 2011 she gave birth to a daughter.

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