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<p>Sven Kramer of the Netherlands trains at the Richmond Olympic Oval at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver British Columbia Friday Feb 12 2010 The speed skating will kick off on Saturday Feb 13 with the men s 5 000 meters race < p> Tags: Sven Kramer View |
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Sven Kramer (born April 23, 1986 in Heerenveen) is a Dutch (Netherlands) long track speed skater (Long track speed skating). He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meter in Vancouver 2010. He is also the current Dutch (KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships), European (European Speed Skating Championships for Men) and World Allround Champion (World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men). He is also the reigning world champion (World Single Distance Championships for Men) and world record holder (List of Speed Skating records) in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m and the team pursuit (the latter alongside Wouter Olde Heuvel and Erben Wennemars). Before Shani Davis he was first in the Adelskalender (Adelskalender (skating)); as of March 7, 2009, he is second behind Davis. Winning the 2010 World Allround Championship (World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men), he was the first speed skater in history to win 4 consecutive world allround championships, and 8 consecutive international allround championships.
Date of birth: 1986-04-23
Birth Location: Heerenveen, Netherlands
Height: 1.85 Mtr
Weight: 80 Kg
Turnedpro: 2003
Website: www.svenkramer.nl/
Titles: no MedalTableTop MedalSportMen's speed skating MedalCountry the NED MedalOlympic MedalGold2010 Vancouver (2010 Winter Olympics)5000 m (Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's 5000 metres) MedalSilver2006 Turin (2006 Winter Olympics)5000 m (Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's 5000 metres) MedalBronze2006 Turin (2006 Winter Olympics)Team pursuit (Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics#Team pursuit) MedalBronze2010 Vancouver (2010 Winter Olympics)Team pursuit (Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Men's team pursuit) MedalCompetitionWorld Allround Championships (World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men) MedalGold2007 Heerenveen (2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships)Allround MedalGold2008 Berlin (2008 World Allround Speed Skating Championships) Allround MedalGold2009 Hamar (2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships) Allround MedalGold2010 Heerenveen (2010 World Allround Speed Skating Championships) Allround MedalBronze2005 Moscow (2005 World Allround Speed Skating Championships) Allround MedalBronze2006 Calgary (2006 World Allround Speed Skating Championships) Allround MedalCompetitionWorld Single Distance Championships (World Single Distance Championships for Men) MedalGold2007 Salt Lake City (2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships)5000 m (World Single Distance Championships for Men#5,000 m) MedalGold2008 Nagano (2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships)5000 m MedalGold2009 Vancouver (2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships)5000 m MedalGold2007 Salt Lake City (2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships)10000 m (World Single Distance Championships for Men#10,000 m) MedalGold2008 Nagano (2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships)10000 m MedalGold2009 Vancouver (2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships)10000 m MedalGold2007 Salt Lake City (2007 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships)Team pursuit (World Single Distance Championships for Men#Team Pursuit) MedalGold2008 Nagano (2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships)Team pursuit MedalGold2009 Vancouver (2009 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships)Team pursuit MedalSilver2008 Nagano (2008 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships)1,500 m (World Single Distance Championships for Men#1,500 m) MedalCompetitionEuropean Championships (European Speed Skating Championships for Men) MedalGold2007 Collalbo (2007 European Allround Speed Skating Championships) Allround MedalGold2008 Kolomna (2008 European Allround Speed Skating Championships) Allround MedalGold2009 Heerenveen (2009 European Allround Speed Skating Championships) Allround MedalGold2010 Hamar (2010 European Allround Speed Skating Championships) Allround MedalSilver2005 Heerenveen (2005 European Allround Speed Skating Championships) Allround MedalCompetitionWorld Junior Championships (World Junior Speed Skating Championships) MedalGold2005 Sein�jokiAllround MedalSilver2004 RosevilleAllround MedalBottom