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Born | Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands | 20 July 1961|||||||||||||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||
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Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Adriana Johanna "Ria" Visser (born 20 July 1961) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands [1] [2]
Visser participated in six World Allround Speed Skating Championships, performing best at her first attempt in 1979, when she came in 6th. In 1979 and 1980 she won the bronze medal in the World Junior Speed Skating Championships. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid she won the silver medal in the women's 1500 metres, finishing just behind her Dutch teammate Annie Borckink. At the 1984 Winter Olympics she raced three distances, but did not reach higher than a 13th place. Unlike in international events, Visser was very successful at the Dutch National Allround Championships, winning the event five times and coming in second twice. Only Stien Kaiser has been more successful at the national level. [2]
In the 1990s she was a TV commentator for the Dutch sports program NOS Studio Sport.
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Women's speed skating | ||||
Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500m | 42.23 | 17 December 1983 | Inzell | |
1000m | 1:25.76 | 27 December 1981 | Inzell | |
1500m | 2:07.06 | 17 December 1983 | Inzell | |
3000m | 4:29.13 | 26 December 1984 | Inzell | |
5000m | 7:40.68 | 6 December 1987 | Calgary |
Season | Dutch Championships Single Distances | Dutch Championships Allround | Dutch Championships Sprint | European Championships Allround | Olympic Games | World Championships Allround | World Championships Sprint | World Championships Junior Allround |
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1978–79 | HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall | THE HAGUE 17th 500m 4th 3000m 13th 1500m 5000m 6th overall | GRENOBLE 9th 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall | |||||
1979–80 | THE HAGUE 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall | LAKE PLACID 1500m DNF 3000m | HAMAR 28th 500m 7th 3000m 24th 1500m 8th 5000m 14th overall | WEST ALLIS 28th 500m 7th 1000m 22nd 500m 29th 1000m** 27th overall | ASSEN 13th 500m 1500m 6th 1000m 4th 3000m overall | |||
1980–81 | ASSEN 7th 500m 5th 3000m 6th 1500m 5000m 5th overall | |||||||
1981–82 | HEERENVEEN 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall | HEERENVEEN 19th 500m 10th 3000m 13th 1500m 10th 3000m 12th overall | ||||||
1982–83 | DEVENTER 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall | UTRECHT 15th 500m 5th 1000m 8th 500m 23rd 1000m 23rd overall | HEERENVEEN 20th 500m 11th 3000m 9th 1500m 10th 5000m 12th overall | KARL-MARX-STADT 19th 500m 8th 3000m 5th 1500m 7th 5000m 9th overall | ||||
1983–84 | GRONINGEN 8th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall | SARAJEVO 30th 500m 13th 1500m 25th 3000m | DEVENTER 11th 500m 8th 3000m 11th 1500m 10th 5000m 11th overall | |||||
1984–85 | ALKMAAR 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall | UTRECHT 5th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m 4th overall | GRONINGEN 17th 500m 5th 3000m 1500m 5000m 4th overall | |||||
1985–86 | ASSEN 4th 500m 3000m 4th 1500m 5000m overall | UTRECHT 10th 500m 1000m 18th 500m 5th 1000m 18th overall | GEITHUS 18th 500m 7th 3000m 8th 1500m 13th 5000m 10th overall | THE HAGUE 25th 500m 6th 3000m 10th 1500m 6th 5000m 9th overall | ||||
1986–87 | ||||||||
1987–88 | HEERENVEEN 8th 1500m 3000m 5th 5000m | ALKMAAR 14th 500m 3000m 12th 1500m 10th 5000m 11th overall |
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