Ireen Wüst

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Olympic medal record
Women's speed skating
Olympic Games
Bronze 2006 Turin 1500 metres
Gold 2006 Turin 3000 metres
World Championships
Gold 2007 Heerenveen Allround
Silver 2007 Hamar Sprint
Gold 2007 Salt Lake City 1500 metres
Gold 2007 Salt Lake City 1000 metres
Silver 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit
World's Junior Championships
Gold 2005 Seinäjoki Allround
Silver 2004 Roseville Allround

Ireen Wüst (born April 1, 1986 in Goirle, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch long track allround speed skater.

On February 12, 2006, the 19-year old Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event. She is the youngest Dutch Olympic champion in Winter Games history.

Her allround successes include a World Champion title in 2007, as well as silver and bronze at the European Championships.

Personal records
Women's speed skating
Distance Time Date Location Notes
500 m 38.44 2007-02-09 Heerenveen
1000 m 1:13.86 2007-03-02 Calgary
1500 m 1:52.38 2007-03-03 Calgary
3000 m 4:00.28 2007-02-10 Heerenveen
5000 m 6:59.87 2006-03-19 Calgary
Women's team pursuit 3:03.65 2006-02-15 Turin

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Olympic champions in women's 3000 m speed skating
1960: Lidia Skoblikova | 1964: Lidia Skoblikova | 1968: Ans Schut | 1972: Stien Baas-Kaiser | 1976: Tatyana Averina | 1980: Bjørg Eva Jensen | 1984: Andrea Schöne | 1988: Yvonne van Gennip | 1992: Gunda Niemann | 1994: Svetlana Bazhanova | 1998: Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann | 2002: Claudia Pechstein | 2006: Ireen Wüst 


Preceded by
Edith van Dijk		 Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
2006		 Succeeded by
Vacant


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