Carl Eduard Verheijen is a retired Dutch speed skater who specialized in the longer distances 5,000 m and the 10,000 m. Verheijen is the son of international speed skaters Rieneke Demming and Eddy Verheijen. He is in a relationship with retired skater Andrea Nuyt in Leusden. They have a daughter. Carl's brother Frank Verheijen is a marathon skater.
Anna ("Anni") Christine Friesinger-Postma is a German former speed skater. Her father Georg Friesinger, of Germany, and mother Janina ("Jana") Korowicka, of Poland, were both skaters; Jana was on the Polish team at the 1976 Winter Olympics. Her brother Jan is also a speed skater. Her sister Agnes is a former speed skater. In July 2010, Friesinger retired from her active sports career when she had to be treated for severe cartilage damage in her right knee joint.
Elma de Vries is a Dutch marathon speed skater and inline speed skater. She is the older sister of marathon speed skater Bob de Vries.
The 2007 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held in the indoor arena Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands on 9–11 February 2007. The Championships were three-day allround events, with the skaters completing four distances before the final championship standings are determined based on the samalog system. The organising body, the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond (KNSB), celebrated its 125-year anniversary with full stands on all three days.
Wouter olde Heuvel is a Dutch former speed skater who participated in international competitions. His older brother Remco is also a speed skater.
Yevgeny Alexeyevich Lalenkov is a Russian former long track speed skater who participated in international competitions. He won a silver medal at 1000m at the 2008 single-distance World Championships in Nagano.
Henrik Christiansen is a Norwegian long track speed skater. He represents the club Asker SK.
Robert Lehmann is a German long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.
Konrad Łukasz Niedźwiedzki is a Polish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.
Marco Weber is a German long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.
Joel Eriksson is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.
Odd Bohlin Borgersen is a Norwegian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.
Vitaly Mikhailov is a Belarusian long track speed skater, born in Vitebsk, who participates in international competitions.
Robert Brandt is a Finnish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.
Jarmo Valtonen is a Finnish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.
Maren Haugli is a Norwegian retired long track speed skater who participated in international competitions.
Anna Rokita is an Austrian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. She is the daughter of Polish speed skater Jerzy Rokita.
Mari Hemmer is a Norwegian long-track speed skater, with particular strength in the longer distances 3000 m and 5000 m. She is the Norwegian Allround Champion for 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, the Norwegian Sprint Champion for 2005, 2009, 2010, and has also won numerous gold, silver, and bronze medals from national championships at single distances. Along with fellow skaters Maren Haugli and Hege Bøkko, Hemmer has in recent years represented Norway at the European Championships, the World Allround Championships and the World Single Distance Championships, as well as in the World Cup. Hemmer is the holder of the current Norwegian record on 10000 m.
Marita Johansson is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions.
Ágota Lykovcán is a Hungarian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. She was previously known as Ágota Tóth, but after she got married on 10 November 2012, she took her husband's surname. Lykovcán is the current holder of the Hungarian record on 500 metres.
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