Personal information | |
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Nationality | Dutch |
Born | Hallum, Netherlands | 14 June 1982
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Netherlands |
Sport | Speed skating |
Event(s) | 5000 m |
Club | STG Stiens |
Turned pro | 2007 |
Coached by | Jac Orie |
Douwe de Vries (born 14 June 1982) is a Dutch former professional marathon speed skater and long track speed skater. He resides in Heerenveen, Friesland. Douwe de Vries, who was a member of the commercial team of LottoNL-Jumbo, is the current holder (with Sven Kramer and Marcel Bosker) of the team pursuit world record. [1]
In 2007, Douwe de Vries won the Willem Poelstra Trophy for the greatest talent in marathon skating. [2]
On 6 December 2014, he finished third at the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3 – Men's 5000 metres. [3]
In 2015 and 2016, he won the gold medal in the team pursuit event at the World Single Distance Championships.[ citation needed ]
In March 2015, Douwe de Vries improved the world hour record, set by Casper Helling on 15 March 2007 at 41,969.10 m, bringing it to 42,252.22 m. [4]
He has a score of 146.604 points on the adelskalender. [5]
Personal records [6] | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500 m | 36.46 | 2 March 2019 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
1000 m | 1:10.45 | 28 February 2015 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
1500 m | 1:43.63 | 7 February 2020 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
3000 m | 3:39.46 | 6 March 2013 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
5000 m | 6:08.46 | 8 February 2020 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Quartet start |
10000 m | 12:55.10 | 27 January 2019 | Thialf, Heerenveen |
World records [1] | ||||
Speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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Team pursuit | 3:34.68 | 16 February 2020 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | Current world record (with Sven Kramer and Marcel Bosker). [7] |
1 hour | 42,252,22 m | 13 March 2015 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | World record (unofficial) until beaten by Erik Jan Kooiman on 9 December 2015. [8] |
Season | Dutch Championships Single Distances | Dutch Championships Allround | European Championships Allround | World Championships Allround | World Championships Single Distances | World Cup |
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2002–03 | UTRECHT 20th 1000m | ASSEN 18th 500m 18th 5000m 18th 1500m DNQ 10000m 19th overall | ||||
2003–04 | HEERENVEEN 26th 1000m 24th 1500m 18th 5000m | EINDHOVEN 18th 500m 23rd 5000m 17th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall(23) | ||||
2004–05 | ASSEN 30th 1500m 18th 5000m | |||||
2011–12 | HEERENVEEN 5th 5000m 4th 10000m | 8th 5000m/10000m | ||||
2012–13 | HEERENVEEN 7th 5000m 8th 10000m | HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 6th 5000m 12th 1500m DNQ 10000m 12th overall | ||||
2013–14 | HEERENVEEN 11th 1500m 6th 5000m 6th 10000m | AMSTERDAM 9th 500m DQ 5000m 7th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall | HAMAR 20th 500m 5000m 10th 1500m 7th 10000m 7th overall | 40th 1500m 6th 5000m/10000m team pursuit | ||
2014–15 | HEERENVEEN 9th 1500m 4th 5000m 7th 10000m | HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 4th 5000m 6th 1500m 4th 10000m 5th overall | CALGARY 20th 500m 7th 5000m 14th 1500m 6th 10000m 6th overall | HEERENVEEN 5000m team pursuit | 33rd 1500m 7th 5000m/10000m team pursuit | |
2015–16 | HEERENVEEN 10th 1500m 5000m 7th 10000m | HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | MINSK 19th 500m 13th 5000m DNS 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall | HEERENVEEN 9th 5000m team pursuit | 40th 1500m 7th 5000m/10000m team pursuit | |
2016–17 | HEERENVEEN 11th 1500m 5000m | HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 6th 5000m 11th 1500m 4th 10000m 5th overall | KOLOMNA 4th 5000m team pursuit | 22nd 1500m 6th 5000m/10000m | ||
2017–18 | HEERENVEEN 7th 5000m 8th 10000m | |||||
2018–19 | HEERENVEEN 5th 1500m 4th 5000m 10000m Mass start | HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | COLLALBO 11th 500m 7th 5000m 8th 1500m 10000m 7th overall | CALGARY 10th 500m 4th 5000m 5th 1500m 5th 10000m 4th overall | INZELL 14th Mass start team pursuit | 32nd 1500m 15th 1500m 4th team pursuit |
2019–20 | HEERENVEEN 8th 1500m 5th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | SALT LAKE CITY team pursuit | 31st 1500m 21st 5000m team pursuit |
Season | 1500meter | |||||||||||||
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2011–12 | ||||||||||||||
2012–13 | ||||||||||||||
2013–14 | – | – | 5th(b) | – | – | |||||||||
2014–15 | – | – | – | – | 2nd(b) | – | ||||||||
2015–16 | – | – | – | – | 6th(b) | |||||||||
2016–17 | 2nd(b) | 14th | – | – | 18th | – | ||||||||
2017–18 | ||||||||||||||
2018–19 | 14th | 16th | – | – | – | |||||||||
2019–20 | – | 2nd(b) | – | 3rd(b) | – |
Season | 5000meter/10000meter | |||||||||||||
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2011–12 | 10th | 9th | 5th* | – | 4th* | 6th | ||||||||
2012–13 | ||||||||||||||
2013–14 | – | 2nd(b) | 1st(b) | 5th | 4th | 5th | – | – | ||||||
2014–15 | 7th | 6th* | 10th | 8th | ||||||||||
2015–16 | 6th | –* | 4th | 6th | 7th | DNF | – | |||||||
2016–17 | 6th | – | 5th* | 4th | 8th | |||||||||
2017–18 | ||||||||||||||
2018–19 | 8th | 15th | – | 12th | 8th | |||||||||
2019–20 | 2nd(b) | 9th | – | – | 1st(b) | – |
Season | Team pursuit | |||||||||||||
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2011–12 | ||||||||||||||
2012–13 | ||||||||||||||
2013–14 | – | – | ||||||||||||
2014–15 | ||||||||||||||
2015–16 | DNF | – | ||||||||||||
2016–17 | – | |||||||||||||
2017–18 | ||||||||||||||
2018–19 | – | |||||||||||||
2019–20 | – | – |
Championship | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Dutch Single Distances | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Dutch Allround | 5 | 3 | 4 |
European Allround | 0 | 1 | 1 |
World Allround | 5 | 0 | 1 |
World Cup | 17 | 6 | 4 |
World Single Distances | 5 | 0 | 1 |
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