Sven Kramer
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Speed Skating | |||
| Silver | 2006 Turin | 5000m | |
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | Team Pursuit | |
| Personal records | ||||
| Men's Speed skating | ||||
| 500 m | 36.74 | Heerenveen | 2006-12-03 | |
| 1,500 m | 1:46.80 | Calgary | 2006-03-19 | |
| 5,000 m | 6:08.78 | Calgary | 2005-11-19 | |
| 10,000 m | 12:51.61 | Calgary | 2006-03-19 | |
Sven Kramer (born April 23, 1986 in Heerenveen, Friesland) is a Dutch speed skater. He is the son of former skater Yep Kramer. Kramer is widely regarded as the most promising young talent in Dutch speed skating.
In December 2004 he won the Dutch Allround Championships and thus qualified for the European Allround Championships for the first time, where he won the silver medal. At the World Allround Championships 2005 he became third. At the end of that season he signed a contract with the Dutch TVM-team.
Kramer set a new world record for the 5,000m in Salt Lake City on November 19, 2005. With his time of 6:08.78 he also entered the top 10 of the alltime world ranking, the Adelskalender.
On February 11, 2006 he won the silver medal at the 5,000m at the Winter Olympics in Turin. Kramer also participated in the team pursuit event. The Dutch team was favored and was leading Italy by nearly a full second in their semifinal matchup, but Kramer stepped on a block and fell, taking Carl Verheijen with him. In the race for bronze, the Dutch team defeated Norway, giving Kramer his second medal of the Games.
During the 2006 World Allround Championships in Calgary, Kramer set a new world record on the 10,000m with a time of 12:51.61. Kramer won both the two longest distances at the championships, but had to settle with bronze overall.
Kramer's younger sister Brecht Kramer, born four years later, is also a speed skater, and so is his girlfriend, Olympian Annette Gerritsen.
| distance | time | track | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 | 1000 | 1500 | 3000 | 5000 | 10000 |
| 36,74 | 1.11,16 | 1.46,80 | 1.42,78 | 6.08,78 | 12.51,60 |
| Heerenveen | Collalbo | Calgary | Heerenveen | Salt Lake City | Calgary |
