Sven Kramer
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| Medal record | |||
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Men's speed skating | |||
| Silver | 2006 Turin | 5000 m | |
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | Team pursuit | |
| World Championships | |||
| Men's speed skating | |||
| Gold | 2007 Heerenveen | Allround | |
| Gold | 2007 Salt Lake City | 5000 m | |
| Gold | 2007 Salt Lake City | 10000 m | |
| Gold | 2007 Salt Lake City | Team pursuit | |
| Bronze | 2005 Moscow | Allround | |
| Bronze | 2006 Calgary | Allround | |
| European Championships | |||
| Men's speed skating | |||
| Gold | 2007 Collalbo | Allround | |
| Silver | 2005 Heerenveen | Allround | |
Sven Kramer (born April 23, 1986 in Heerenveen) is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the current Dutch, European, and World Allround Champion. He also is the reigning world champion and world record holder on the distances 5,000 m, 10,000 m and the teampursuit.
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[edit] Personal life
Sven Kramer is born on April 23, 1986 in Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands. He is the son of former speed skater Yep Kramer, and the four year older brother of speed skater Brecht Kramer.
He had a relationship with Olympian speed skater Annette Gerritsen.
[edit] 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 2006 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, they 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.
In the 2006-2007 season, Sven Kramer won the first two 5000m world cup races, the second in 6:09.78, just above his world record time. In December 2006 he again became national allround champion, where a personal record on the 500m, his weakest distance, gave him great perspective for the international allround championships.
On January 14 2007, Kramer was crowned European Allround Champion in Collalbo, Italy. There had been a tight battle between Kramer and the 2006 winner Enrico Fabris. Fabris had won the two short and Kramer the two long distances, but his overall score was lower than Fabris' (148.800 to 149.389). In addition, his times on the 5 and 10km were new world records for outdoor skating. By skating a new personal best on the 1500m Kramer overtook fellow Dutchman Jochem Uytdehaage and Enrico Fabris on the Adelskalender and is ranked third as of 13 January 2007.
On 11 February 2007, Kramer became world allround champion for the first time. He skated the 500m and the 10km in personal bests, the latter in a new world record of 12:49.88.
Sven is also called Mister Turbo.
[edit] Personal records
| Personal records | ||||
| Men's Speed skating | ||||
| Distance | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500 m | 36.41 | 2007-02-09 | Heerenveen | |
| 1,000 m | 1:11.16 | 2006-12-10 | Collalbo | |
| 1,500 m | 1:44.86 | 2007-01-13 | Collalbo | |
| 3,000 m | 3:42.78 | 2006-10-30 | Heerenveen | |
| 5,000 m | 6:07.48 | 2007-03-03 | Calgary | |
| 10,000 m | 12:41.69 | 2007-03-10 | Salt Lake City | |
| Team Pursuit | 3:37.80 | 2007-03-11 | Salt Lake City | With C.Verheijen and E.Wennemars |
[edit] World records
| Distance | Result | Date | Location |
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| 5,000 m | 6:08.78 | Nov 19 2005 | Salt Lake City |
| 10,000 m | 12:51.61 | Mar 19 2006 | Calgary |
| 10,000 m | 12:49.88 | Feb 11 2007 | Heerenveen |
| 5,000 m | 6:07.48 | Mar 3 2007 | Calgary |
| 10,000 m | 12:41.69 | Mar 10 2007 | Salt Lake City |
[edit] Tournament summary
| year | Dutch Distance | Dutch Allround | European | Olympics | World Allround | World Juniors | World Distance |
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| 04/05 | 16th 1500 m 4th 5000 m |
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| 05/06 | 1500 m 5000 m 10000 m |
- | 4th | 15th 1500 m 5000 m 7th 10000 m team pursuit |
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| 06/07 | 1500 m 5000 m 10000 m |
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- - = no participation
In the World Cup, Kramer has seven individual victories and three team pursuit victories; he also won the long distance World Cup in the 2006–07 season..
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