Dan Jansen's personally-owned Descente skinsuit that he famously wore in the 1000-meter speed skating race at the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympics, held on February 18th, at the University of Calgary's Olympic Oval. A recent gold medalist at the 1988 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, Jansen entered the XV Olympiad as the favorite in both the 500 and 1000-meter events. He wore this offered gray-and-orange skinsuit in the latter event, starting the race with record-breaking speed before falling just past the 800-meter mark. Jansen also fell in the 500-meter race, collapses which were directly attributed to the death of his 27-year-old sister, Jane Marie Beres, who had passed away from leukemia in the early hours of February 14th, the day of the 500-meter event. A photo of Jansen wearing the skinsuit is included with the lot. In fine, used condition
A portion of the auction proceeds from this lot will be donated to the Dan Jansen Foundation (https://djfoundation.org/).
