Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Olympic Winter Games |
| 22 | 5000 m | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN | 6:36.02 |
| World Single Distances Championships |
| 6 | Team Pursuit | 2013 | Sochi, RUS | 3:48.83 |
| 6 | Team Pursuit | 2012 | Heerenveen, NED | 3:46.48 |
| 8 | 10000 m | 2013 | Sochi, RUS | 13:26.79 |
| 8 | 5000 m | 2012 | Heerenveen, NED | 6:26.25 |
| 9 | 5000 m | 2013 | Sochi, RUS | 6:27.27 |
| 12 | 5000 m | 2011 | Inzell, GER | 6:30.52 |
| 21 | 1500 m | 2012 | Heerenveen, NED | 1:49.50 |
| World Allround Championships |
| 10 | Big Combination | 2012 | Moscow, RUS | 154.692 |
| 18 | Big Combination | 2010 | Heerenveen, NED | 114.688 |
| World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | Overall | 1500m | 5000/10000m | MS 20 laps |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 28 | 36 | 8 | - |
| 2012/2013 | - | 47 | 11 | - |
| 2011/2012 | - | 38 | 11 | 11 |
| 2010/2011 | - | - | 9 | - |
| Best performance per season in World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | 5000m | 10000m | MS 20 laps | Team Pursuit |
|---|
| 2013/2014 | 2 x 9th | 1 x 3rd | - | 1 x 5th |
| 2012/2013 | 1 x 10th | 1 x 6th | - | 1 x 5th |
| 2011/2012 | 1 x 10th | 1 x 8th | 1 x 8th | 3 x 3rd |
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 9th | 1 x 4th | - | 1 x 3rd |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
|---|
| Ten best World Cup performances in current season |
| 3 | 10000 m | 2013/2014 | Astana, KAZ | 13:18.73 |
| 5 | Team Pursuit | 2013/2014 | Berlin, GER | 3:46.09 |
| 6 | Team Pursuit | 2013/2014 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 3:40.50 |
| 9 | 5000 m | 2013/2014 | Berlin, GER | 6:20.30 |
| 9 | 5000 m | 2013/2014 | Calgary, AB, CAN | 6:14.21 |
| 10 | Team Pursuit | 2013/2014 | Calgary, AB, CAN | 3:45.48 |
| 11 | 5000 m | 2013/2014 | Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 6:14.05 |
| European Championships |
| 14 | Big Combination | 2012 | Budapest, HUN | 118.775 |
LegendMS-Mass Start, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
- Occupation: Police Officer
- Coach: Stephan Gneupel (GER) from 2009 (Athlete, 10 Mar 2012; desg.de, 16 Dec 2013)
- Debut: 2008 for Germany (Athlete, 10 Mar 2012)
- Languages Spoken: English, German
- Sporting Relatives: His sister, Stephanie, is also a speed skater and won a gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. He also has two younger siblings, Jessica and Pedro, who also skate. (rp-online.de, 23 Feb 2010; beckert-stephanie.de, 06 Mar 201)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
Additional Information
Start of sporting career
He began skating in 1997 in Erfurt, Germany. (Athlete, 10 Mar 2012)
Reason for taking up this sport
He was inspired after watching Olympic speed skating on television. (Athlete, 10 Mar 2012)
Ambitions
To compete alongside his three siblings at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (beckert-stephanie.de, 06 Mar 2011)
Hero
US speed skater Chad Hedrick and German footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger. (desg.de, 16 Dec 2013; thueringer-allgemeine.de, 06 Nov 2011)
General
VANCOUVER SUBSTITUTE
Although not selected to race in the 10,000m at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, he was given the chance after Italian Enrico Fabris pulled out one hour before the race started. Beckert was substitute number four, but his phone was turned off and by the time he was contacted it was too late. The other three substitutes could not be contacted either. (rp-online.de, 23 Feb 2010; bild.de, 26 Feb 2010)