Sven Kramer

Sven Kramer (Dutch pronunciation: [svɛn ˈkraːmər]; born 23 April 1986) is a Dutch long track speed skater who has won an all-time men's record eight World Allround Championships as well as a men's record eight European Allround Championships. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meters in Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014 and won a record (for both men and women) 17 gold medals at the World Single Distance Championships; seven in the 5000 meters, four in the 10,000 meters, and six in the team pursuit. His 11 individual titles are a men's record. Kramer is the current world record holder in the 5000 m and the team pursuit (the latter alongside Jan Blokhuijsen and Koen Verweij), and broke the world record in each of those events, as well as in the 10,000 m, three times. By winning the 2010 World Allround Championship, Kramer became the first speed skater in history to win four consecutive world allround championships, and eight consecutive international allround championships. He has been undefeated in the 16 international allround championships he participated in since the 2006/2007 season. From November 2007 to March 2009 he was ranked first in the Adelskalender,^[1] but despite his dominance as an all-round skater has since been second on that list to Shani Davis by 0.2 to 0.3 points (seconds on the 500 m).

Personal life

Sven Kramer was born on 23 April 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 is a born Frisian.^[2]

Since 2007 he has been in a relationship with Dutch field hockey player Naomi van As.

Speed skating career

Junior career

In the 2004 season he came in second at the Junior allround world championships.

In December 2004 he won the Dutch Allround Championships at just 18 years old 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 came third. At the end of that season he signed a contract with the Dutch TVM-team.

Kramer set a new world record for the 5000 m in Salt Lake City on 19 November 2005, when he was 19 years old. With his time of 6:08.78 he also entered the top 10 of the all-time world ranking, the Adelskalender. That season he became the Junior Allround champion.

Kramer stopped skating in the junior competition and became a senior speed skater when he was 20 years old.

Season 2005–2006

On 11 February 2006, he won the silver medal in the 5000 m at the 2006 Winter Olympic in Turin.^[3] Kramer also participated in the team pursuit event. The Dutch team was favourite and was leading Italy by nearly a full second in their semifinal match-up, 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.

Kramer also competed in two other distances, the 1500 and the 10,000 meter. Due to a screw in his skate that broke just a few minutes before his race, Kramer came in 15th at the 1500. The 10,000 meters did not go as planned and he finished in 7th. Afterward, Kramer stepped on the concrete with his skates in his frustration, damaging the blades.

During the 2006 European Allround Championships in Hamar, Kramer got to the fourth place after a tournament full of accidents. On the first day, the ice melted and the skaters had to wait until later in the evening to continue skating.

During the 2006 World Allround Championships in Calgary, Kramer set a new world record in the 10,000 m with a time of 12:51.60. Kramer won both the two longest distances of the tournament, but had to settle for bronze overall.

Season 2006–2007

In the 2006–2007 season, Kramer won the first two 5000 m world cup races, the second in 6:09.78, just outside his world record time. In December 2006 he again became national allround champion, where a personal record in the 500 m, his weakest distance, gave him great prospects for the international allround championships.

On 14 January 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 shorter and Kramer the two longer distances, but his overall score was lower than Fabris' (148.800 to 149.389). In addition, his times in the 5 and 10 km were new world records for outdoor skating. By skating a new personal best in the 1500 m Kramer overtook fellow Dutchman Jochem Uytdehaage and Enrico Fabris on the Adelskalender. On the Adelskalender he was ranked first as of 17 November 2007.

On 11 February 2007, Kramer became World Allround Champion for the first time. He skated the 500 m and the 10 km in personal bests, the latter in a new world record of 12:49.88.

At the World Championships of 2007 in Salt Lake City, Kramer participated in the 5000, 10,000 meters and the team pursuit. He won three out of three, the 10,000 m and the team pursuit in world records.

Kramer became Skater of the year. The female skater of the year was Ireen Wüst.^[4]

Season 2007–2008

In the first competition of the season Fabris beat Kramer on the 5000 meter and Fabris set a new world record, 6.07,40. A week later Kramer got his world record back and brought it to 6.03,32.

In Kolomna, Russia, Kramer won the European Allround Championship for the second time.

On 10 February, Kramer became World Allround Champion in Berlin, Germany, also for the second time.

During the Essent ISU World Cup in Hamar (Norway) Kramer was awarded the Oscar Mathisen Award^[5] mainly due to the four world records he skated during 2007. Kramer skated four distances: 1500, 5000, 10,000 meters, and the team pursuit. On the 1500 meter Kramer skated a good race and placed second, ahead of Olympic Champion Enrico Fabris and Shani Davis. Denny Morrison from Canada won the race. In the 5000 and 10,000 m distances, and the team pursuit, Kramer won three gold medals, just like the year before.

Kramer became Skater of the year for the second time in a row. The female skater of the year was Paulien van Deutekom.

Season 2008–2009

At the national single distance championships in Heerenveen, Kramer won the 1500, 5000 and the 10,000 meters; by winning these three distances he brought his national titles total up to 11.

He won gold at the national allround championships in Heerenveen and at the European allround championships in Heerenveen. At the world single distance championships in Vancouver Kramer won gold on the 5000 and 10,000 meters, and the team pursuit.

Kramer won gold at the world allround championships in Hamar.

For the third time, he was chosen as "skater of the year" in the Netherlands and received the Ard Schenk Award.^[6]

Season 2009–2010

Sven Kramer at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver

At the national championships for single distances in Heerenveen, Kramer won the 5000 and the 10,000 metres. He failed to qualify for the World Cup for the 1500 metres.

At the European allround championships in Hamar in January 2010 Kramer won gold. He became the all-round European champion for the fourth year in a row.^[7] He won the final 10,000 metre race from the Italian Enrico Fabris, who ended second in the overall rankings. Russia's Ivan Skobrev came third.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Kramer was the favourite to win three gold medals, like his countryman Ard Schenk at the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo.^[8] At the 5000 metres race of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Kramer grabbed the gold medal with a new Olympic record of 6:14.60, beating the previous time of Jochem Uytdehaage by 0.06 second.^[9]^[10] He finished ahead of South Korean Lee Seung-hoon and Russian Ivan Skobrev, leaving four Olympic champions, Shani Davis, Enrico Fabris, Chad Hedrick and Bob de Jong, empty-handed.

Shortly after his 5000 m victory, an NBC affiliated reporter asked Kramer to say his name, country and what he'd just won, to which Kramer replied "Are you stupid? Hell no, I'm not gonna do that."^[11]

In the 10,000 meter finals, Kramer finished first, with a time of 12:54.50, only to be disqualified for failing to change lanes during one of the later laps. As a result, Lee Seung-hoon won gold with a new Olympic record, 12:58.55.^[12] The lane change mistake was caused by incorrect directions shouted to Kramer by his coach, Gerard Kemkers, near the end of the race.^[13]^[14]

At the national championships, only shortly after the Olympic games in Vancouver, Kramer didn't compete. After the Olympics in Vancouver he needed to rest to recover for the World Allround Championships in Heerenveen on 19–21 March.^[15]

At the World allround championships in Heerenveen on 19–21 March 2010, Kramer won an unprecedented fourth consecutive title.^[16] In the general classification after three distances, he ranked number 2, but in the final 10K race he skated 12:57.97 which was more than enough to pass Jonathan Kuck who was leading the overall classification before the start.^[17] Kuck ended number 2, Håvard Bøkko third. It also was Kramer's 8th consecutive championship title in European and World allround championship, another unprecedented feat.

Kramer became Skater of the year for the fourth time in a row. The female skater of the year was Ireen Wüst.^[18]

Season 2010–2011

Kramer did not participate this season because of an injury to one of the nerves (neuropathy) in his leg.^[19]^[20]

Season 2011–2012

In the 2011–2012 season Kramer returned to professional speed skating. He completed the European allround championships in Budapest in first place, claiming his fifth European allround championship.

At the world allround championships in Moscow he also finished in first place claiming his fifth championship.^[21] This tied the record shared by Oscar Mathisen, who won his 5th title in 1914, and Clas Thunberg, who won his 5th title in 1931.

Season 2012–2013

Kramer won the European allround championships in Heerenveen in January for a record sixth time, tying the record of Rintje Ritsma.

Kramer also won the World Allround Championships in Hamar in February for a record sixth time.

Season 2013–2014

Sven Kramer (center) won gold at the 5000 m in Sochi

In preparation for the Winter Olympics, Kramer chose not to compete in the European allround championships.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Kramer won gold at the 5000 m with an olympic record of 6:10.76.^[22] Kramer also won silver in the 10,000 m.^[23] He withdrew from the 1500 m.

Season 2015–2016

At the 2016 European Allround Championships in Minsk, Kramer won a record 8th title.^[24]

Records

Personal records

Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
Personal records^[25]
Men's speed skating
500 m	36.17	27 December 2009	Thialf, Heerenveen
1000 m	1:09.77	28 February 2015	Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m	1:43.54	11 December 2009	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m	3:39.65	25 October 2014	Thialf, Heerenveen
5000 m	6:03.32	17 November 2007	Olympic Oval, Calgary	Current world record^[26]
10,000 m	12:41.69	10 March 2007	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	Dutch record, former world record^[26]
Team pursuit	3:35.60	16 November 2013	Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City	Current world record^[26] (with Koen Verweij and Jan Blokhuijsen)

World records

Distance	Time	Date	Location
5000 m	6:08.78	19 November 2005	Salt Lake City
10,000 m	12:51.61	19 March 2006	Calgary
10,000 m	12:49.88	11 February 2007	Heerenveen
5000 m	6:07.48	3 March 2007	Calgary
10,000 m	12:41.69	10 March 2007	Salt Lake City
Team pursuit	3:37.80	11 March 2007	Salt Lake City^{[note 1]}
5000 m	6:03.32	17 November 2007	Calgary
Team pursuit	3:37.17	9 November 2013	Calgary^{[note 2]}
Team pursuit	3:35.60	16 November 2013	Salt Lake City^{[note 3]}

Notes

↑ Together with Carl Verheijen and Erben Wennemars.
↑ Together with Koen Verweij and Jan Blokhuijsen.
↑ Together with Koen Verweij and Jan Blokhuijsen.

Olympic records

Distance	Time	Date	Location	Avg. speed
5000 m	6:10.76	9 February 2014	Sochi	48.55 km/h
Team pursuit	3:37.71	22 February 2014	Sochi

Source: Vancouver 2010 ^[27] ^[28]

Tournament summary

Season	Dutch Allround	European Allround	World Allround	Dutch Distance	World Distance	Olympics	World Juniors
2003/04							02 !
2004/05	01 !	02 !	03 !		16th 1500 m 4th 5000 m		01 !
2005/06		4th	03 !	03 ! 1500 m 02 ! 5000 m 02 ! 10,000 m		15th 1500 m 02 ! 5000 m 7th 10,000 m 03 ! team pursuit
2006/07	01 !	01 !	01 !	01 ! 1500 m 01 ! 5000 m 01 ! 10,000 m	01 ! 5000 m 01 ! 10,000 m 01 ! team pursuit
2007/08	01 !	01 !	01 !	03 ! 1500 m 01 ! 5000 m 01 ! 10,000 m	02 ! 1500 m 01 ! 5000 m 01 ! 10,000 m 01 ! team pursuit
2008/09	01 !	01 !	01 !	01 ! 1500 m 01 ! 5000 m 01 ! 10,000 m	8th 1500 m 01 ! 5000 m 01 ! 10,000 m 01 ! team pursuit
2009/10		01 !	01 !	10th 1500 m 01 ! 5000 m 01 ! 10,000 m		13th 1500 m 01 ! 5000 m DQ 10,000 m 03 ! team pursuit
2010/11
2011/12		01 !	01 !	03 ! 5000 m 03 ! 10,000 m	01 ! 5000 m 01 ! team pursuit
2012/13	01 !	01 !	01 !	01 ! 5000 m	01 ! 5000 m 02 ! 10,000 m 01 ! team pursuit
2013/14	DQ			01 ! 5000 m 01 ! 10,000 m		01 ! 5000 m 02 ! 10,000 m 01 ! team pursuit
2014/15	01 !	01 !	01 !	01 ! 1500 m 01 ! 5000 m 9th 10,000 m	01 ! 5000 m 01 ! team pursuit
2015/16		01 !	01 !	01 ! 5000 m 01 ! 10,000 m	01 ! 5000 m 01 ! 10,000 m

In the 2010/2011 season Kramer did not participate because of an injury to one of the nerves (neuropathy) in his leg.^[29]

DQ = disqualified.

In the World Cup, Kramer has 30 individual victories and 8 team pursuit victories; he also won the long distance World Cup in the 2006–07 and 2008–09 season. He won the overall team pursuit World Cup in 2006–07 and 2007–08.

In the 2007/2008 season, Kramer won world cup races in Calgary (Canada), Heerenveen (Netherlands, 1500 and 5000 meters), Hamar (Norway), and the world cup final in Heerenveen. He was not ranked first on the 5000 meters ranking, because he did not skate as many races as Håvard Bøkko, who skated all six world cup races.^[30]

References

↑ Evert Stenlund (15 February 2010). "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
↑ Frisian Kramer
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↑ "Oscar Winners". www.skateresults.com. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
↑ "Kramer voor derde keer de beste". Telegraaf. 18 March 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
↑ "Dutch skater wins fourth European title". www.rnw.nl. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
↑ "Sven Kramer takes speed skating gold and Olympic record". BBC News. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2010.
↑ "Speed skater Kramer wins first Olympic gold". NRC Handelsblad. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
↑ "Dutch sensation Kramer claims 5000m gold". Olympics on NBC. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
↑ Deena (18 February 2010). "Sven Kramer To Reporter "Are You Stupid?"". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
↑ "Lee wins gold; Kramer DQed for not switching lanes". ESPN. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
↑ Crouse, Karen (23 February 2010). "Dutchman Loses Gold and a Record". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
↑ Robertson, Grant (23 February 2010). "Blunder costs Kramer Olympic gold". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
↑ "Kramer slaat NK allround in Heerenveen over". AD. 2010-02-28. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
↑ "World Speedskating Championships". Toronto SUN. 2010-03-21. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
↑ "Essent ISU World Allround Speed Skating Championships 2010". ISU. 2010-03-21. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
↑ Liesbeth Kombrink (23 March 2010). "Kramer en Wüst schaatsers van het jaar 2010". schaatsen.blog.nl. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
↑ "Sven kwam slecht uit olympisch jaar". De telegraaf. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
↑ "Thigh Injury Ends Olympic Champion Kramer's Season". AustraliaNews.com.au. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
↑ "Record fifth title for Kramer; Wust successfully defends hers". www.morethanthegames.co.uk. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
↑ Paul Newberry, "Kramer shakes off pressure, wins another 5000 gold", The Washington Post, 2014. Retrieved on 18 February 2014.
↑ "Men's 10000 m : Speed Skating Men's 10000 m". Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. www.sochi2014.com/. Retrieved 2014-02-18.
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↑ "Speed skating, Men's team pursuit". 2010 Winter Olympics. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
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Records
Preceded by Chad Hedrick Enrico Fabris	Men's 5000 m speed skating world record 19 November 2005 – 10 November 2007 17 November 2007 – present	Succeeded by Enrico Fabris Current holder
Preceded by Chad Hedrick	Mens 10,000 m speed skating world record 19 March 2006 – 21 November 2015	Succeeded by Ted-Jan Bloemen
Preceded by Arne Dankers, Steven Elm, Denny Morrison	Men's team pursuit speed skating world record 11 March 2007 – present With: Carl Verheijen, Erben Wennemars (2007–2013) Jan Blokhuijsen, Koen Verweij (2013–present)	Current holder
Awards
Preceded by Cindy Klassen	Oscar Mathisen Award 2007	Succeeded by Jeremy Wotherspoon
Preceded by Theo Bos	Dutch Sportsman of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Maarten van der Weijden
Preceded by Bob de Jong Stefan Groothuis	Ard Schenk Award 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 2013	Succeeded by Bob de Jong Michel Mulder

Olympic champions in men's 5000 m speed skating

Olympic champions in Speed Skating - Men's Team Pursuit

2006: Matteo Anesi, Stefano Donagrandi, Enrico Fabris, Ippolito Sanfratello (ITA) 2010: Mathieu Giroux, Lucas Makowsky, Denny Morrison (CAN) 2014: Jan Blokhuijsen, Sven Kramer, Koen Verweij (NED)

World champions in men's allround speed skating

1893: Jaap Eden
1894: none declared
1895: Jaap Eden
1896: Jaap Eden
1897: Jack McCulloch
1898: Peder Østlund
1899: Peder Østlund
1900: Edvard Engelsaas
1901: Franz Frederik Wathén
1902: none declared
1903: none declared
1904: Sigurd Mathisen
1905: Coen de Koning
1906: none declared
1907: none declared
1908: Oscar Mathisen
1909: Oscar Mathisen
1910: Nikolay Strunnikov
1911: Nikolay Strunnikov
1912: Oscar Mathisen
1913: Oscar Mathisen
1914: Oscar Mathisen
WW I
1922: Harald Strøm
1923: Clas Thunberg
1924: Roald Larsen
1925: Clas Thunberg
1926: Ivar Ballangrud
1927: Bernt Evensen
1928: Clas Thunberg
1929: Clas Thunberg
1930: Michael Staksrud
1931: Clas Thunberg
1932: Ivar Ballangrud
1933: Hans Engnestangen
1934: Bernt Evensen
1935: Michael Staksrud
1936: Ivar Ballangrud
1937: Michael Staksrud
1938: Ivar Ballangrud
1939: Birger Wasenius
WW II
1947: Lassi Parkkinen
1948: Odd Lundberg
1949: Kornél Pajor
1950: Hjalmar Andersen
1951: Hjalmar Andersen
1952: Hjalmar Andersen
1953: Oleg Goncharenko
1954: Boris Shilkov
1955: Sigvard Ericsson
1956: Oleg Goncharenko
1957: Knut Johannesen
1958: Oleg Goncharenko
1959: Juhani Järvinen
1960: Boris Stenin
1961: Henk van der Grift
1962: Viktor Kosichkin
1963: Jonny Nilsson
1964: Knut Johannesen
1965: Per Ivar Moe
1966: Kees Verkerk
1967: Kees Verkerk
1968: Fred Anton Maier
1969: Dag Fornæss
1970: Ard Schenk
1971: Ard Schenk
1972: Ard Schenk
1973: Göran Claeson
1974: Sten Stensen
1975: Harm Kuipers
1976: Piet Kleine
1977: Eric Heiden
1978: Eric Heiden
1979: Eric Heiden
1980: Hilbert van der Duim
1981: Amund Sjøbrend
1982: Hilbert van der Duim
1983: Rolf Falk-Larssen
1984: Oleg Bozhev
1985: Hein Vergeer
1986: Hein Vergeer
1987: Nikolay Gulyayev
1988: Eric Flaim
1989: Leo Visser
1990: Johann Olav Koss
1991: Johann Olav Koss
1992: Roberto Sighel
1993: Falko Zandstra
1994: Johann Olav Koss
1995: Rintje Ritsma
1996: Rintje Ritsma
1997: Ids Postma
1998: Ids Postma
1999: Rintje Ritsma
2000: Gianni Romme
2001: Rintje Ritsma
2002: Jochem Uytdehaage
2003: Gianni Romme
2004: Chad Hedrick
2005: Shani Davis
2006: Shani Davis
2007: Sven Kramer
2008: Sven Kramer
2009: Sven Kramer
2010: Sven Kramer
2011: Ivan Skobrev
2012: Sven Kramer
2013: Sven Kramer
2014: Koen Verweij
2015: Sven Kramer
2016: Sven Kramer

World champions in men's 5000 m speed skating

1996: Ids Postma 1997: Rintje Ritsma 1998: Gianni Romme 1999: Gianni Romme 2000: Gianni Romme 2001: Bob de Jong 2003: Jochem Uytdehaage 2004: Chad Hedrick 2005: Chad Hedrick 2007: Sven Kramer 2008: Sven Kramer 2009: Sven Kramer 2011: Bob de Jong 2012: Sven Kramer 2013: Sven Kramer 2015: Sven Kramer 2016: Sven Kramer

World champions in men's 10,000 m speed skating

1996: Gianni Romme 1997: Gianni Romme 1998: Gianni Romme 1999: Bob de Jong 2000: Gianni Romme 2001: Carl Verheijen 2003: Bob de Jong 2004: Carl Verheijen 2005: Bob de Jong 2007: Sven Kramer 2008: Sven Kramer 2009: Sven Kramer 2011: Bob de Jong 2012: Bob de Jong 2013: Jorrit Bergsma 2015: Jorrit Bergsma 2016: Sven Kramer

World champions in men's team pursuit

2005: Netherlands (Mark Tuitert, Carl Verheijen, Erben Wennemars)
2007: Netherlands (Sven Kramer, Carl Verheijen, Erben Wennemars)
2008: Netherlands (Sven Kramer, Wouter olde Heuvel, Erben Wennemars)
2009: Netherlands (Sven Kramer, Wouter olde Heuvel, Carl Verheijen)
2011: United States (Shani Davis, Jonathan Kuck, Trevor Marsicano)
2012: Netherlands (Jan Blokhuijsen, Sven Kramer, Koen Verweij)
2013: Netherlands (Jan Blokhuijsen, Sven Kramer, Koen Verweij)
2015: Netherlands (Sven Kramer, Koen Verweij, Douwe de Vries)
2016: Netherlands (Jan Blokhuijsen, Arjan Stroetinga, Douwe de Vries)

Leaders of the Adelskalender, men

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