Ans Schut

Johanna "Ans" Schut (26 November 1944 – 7 November 2025) was a Dutch ice speed skater. She had her best year in 1968 when, after winning silver at the World Allround Championships, she became Olympic Champion on the 3,000 m at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. Her time of 4:56.2 set a new Olympic record, beating Finnish skater Kaija Mustonen and Dutch compatriot Stien Kaiser, the 3,000 m world record holder at the time.

In 1969, Schut won silver at the European Allround Championships and bronze at the World Allround Championships. That year, she also skated five world records. The next two years, she fell a few times during international championships (although she did manage to win bronze at the World Allround Championships in 1970). In 1971, she ended her speed skating career, got married, and changed her last name to Boekema-Schut. She had three children.

Schut died on 7 November 2025, at the age of 80.

Over the course of her career, Schut skated 5 world records and 8 Dutch records:

On 14 May 2021, Jovian asteroid 43436 Ansschut, discovered by astronomers with the American LINEAR survey in 2000, was named in her honour.