Rintje Ritsma

Last updated

Rintje Ritsma
Rintje Ritsma (2006).jpg
Rintje Ritsma in 2006
Personal information
NicknameBeer van Lemmer
NationalityDutch
Born (1970-04-13) 13 April 1970 (age 54)
Lemmer, Netherlands
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Website www.rintjeritsma.nl
Sport
CountryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Sport Speed skating
Turned pro1988
Retired2008
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)500 m: 38.90 (1999)
1000 m: 1:10.19 (1999)
1500 m: 1:45.86 (2002)
3000 m: 3:49.29 (2004)
5000 m: 6:20.26 (2005)
10 000 m: 13:28.19 (1998)
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Lillehammer 1,500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Nagano 5,000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1994 Lillehammer 5,000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Nagano 1,500 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Nagano 10,000m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2006 Turin Team pursuit
World Allround Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1995 Baselga di Pinè allround
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1996 Inzell allround
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1999 Hamar allround
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Budapest allround
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1998 Heerenveen allround
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Gothenburg allround
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1993 Hamar allround
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1994 Gothenburg allround
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Milwaukee allround
World Single Distance Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Warsaw 1,500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Warsaw 5,000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Calgary 5,000 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Warsaw 10,000m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Heerenveen 1,500 m
European Allround Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1994 Hamar allround
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1995 Heerenveen allround
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1996 Heerenveen allround
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1998 Helsinki allround
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg1999 Heerenveen allround
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2000 Hamar allround
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1997 Heerenveen allround
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2003 Heerenveen allround
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1992 Heerenveen allround
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1993 Heerenveen allround

Robert Rintje Ritsma (born 13 April 1970) [1] is a Dutch former long track speed skater. His nickname is the Beer van Lemmer, which translates to the "Bear from Lemmer", analogous to Igor Zhelezovski's nickname "The Bear from Minsk", both of which are in reference to their imposing physical appearance.

Contents

He appeared in the Dutch version of The Masked Singer as the Springbok.

In October 2022 Ritsma started as the Dutch national speed skating coach of the team pursuit, team sprint, and the mass start. [2]

Speed skating career

He has won the World Allround Championships 4 times. He won this title in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2001; he was second in 1998 and 2003; he was third in 1993, 1994 and 2000.

He has won the European Allround Championships a record 6 times: 1994-1996 and 1998-2000.

He participated in five Winter Olympics, winning two silver and four bronze medals, from the 1994, 1998 and 2006 Games.

He also stood at the top of the alltime world ranking, the Adelskalender, for a long time (1,125 days in total).

Records

World records

Over the course of his career, Ritsma skated 4 world records:

EventResultDateLocationNotes
1500 meter1:51.608 January 1994 Hamar World record until 16 February 1994
Big combination 156.2019 January 1994 Hamar World record until 4 January 1998
1500 meter1:48.8820 December 1997 Heerenveen World record until 12 February 1998
Big combination 152.6517 February 1999 Hamar World record until 17 March 2002

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com [3]

Ritsma at the 2003 Dutch Championships in Eindhoven Ritsma.jpg
Ritsma at the 2003 Dutch Championships in Eindhoven

Personal records

Personal records
Men's speed skating
EventResultDateLocationNotes
500 meter 35.90 20 February 1999 Hamar
1000 meter 1:10.19 20 February 1999 Hamar
1500 meter 1:45.86 19 February 2002 Hamar
3000 meter 3:49.29 11 March 2004 Heerenveen
5000 meter 6:20.26 19 November 2005 Salt Lake City
10000 meter 13:28.19 17 February 1998 Hamar

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com [4]

Tournament overview


Season
Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Allround
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
European
Championships
Allround
Olympic
Games
World
Championships
Single
Distances
World
Championships
Allround
World
Championships
Sprint
World
Cup
GWC
World
Championships
Junior
Allround

1987–88
SEOUL

15th 500m
7th 3000m
9th 1500m
4th 5000m
5th overall

1988–89
HEERENVEEN

23rd 500m
16th 1500m
12th 5000m
KYIV

29th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 3000m
8th 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg overall

1989–90
HEERENVEEN

11th 500m
8th 1500m
9th 5000m
15th 10000m
ASSEN

8th 500m
5th 5000m
6th 1500m
5th 10000m
5th overall

1990–91
THE HAGUE

4th 1500m
4th 5000m
6th 10000m
ALKMAAR

12th 500m
5th 5000m
12th 1500m
6th 10000m
7th overall

13th 1500m

1991–92
HEERENVEEN

5th 1000m
Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
6th 5000m
7th 10000m
ALKMAAR

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 5000m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
4th 10000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
6th 5000m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
6th 10000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall
ALBERTVILLE

27th 500m
12th 1000m
4th 1500m
CALGARY

5th 500m
8th 5000m
8th 1500m
6th 10000m
5th overall

4th 1500m
11th 5000/10000m

1992–93
DEVENTER

Silver medal icon.svg 500m
Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000m
Bronze medal icon.svg 10000m
ASSEN

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
5th 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
5th 10000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall
HEERENVEEN

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
4th 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 10000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall
HAMAR

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
4th 5000m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
4th 10000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall

Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 5000/10000m

1993–94
HEERENVEEN

Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg 10000m
THE HAGUE

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
4th 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 10000m
Silver medal icon.svg overall
HAMAR

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
4th 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall
LILLEHAMMER

Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 5000m
7th 10000m
GOTHENBURG

8th 500m
6th 5000m
4th 1500m
4th 10000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall

27th 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000/10000m

1994–95
THE HAGUE

Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg 10000m
ASSEN

Silver medal icon.svg 500m
6th 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 10000m
Silver medal icon.svg overall
HEERENVEEN
Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall
BASELGA di PINÈ

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
5th 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall

Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000/10000m

1995–96
GRONINGEN

Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
THE HAGUE

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall
HAMAR

8th 5000m
10th 10000m
INZELL

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall

8th 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000/10000m

1996–97
ASSEN

Silver medal icon.svg 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall
HEERENVEEN

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 10000m
Silver medal icon.svg overall
WARSAW

Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg 10000m
NAGANO

9th 500m
7th 5000m
5th 1500m
7th 10000m
5th overall

Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000/10000m

1997–98
HEERENVEEN

Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000m
HELSINKI

Silver medal icon.svg 500m
Gold medal icon.svg 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall
NAGANO

Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
Bronze medal icon.svg 10000m
CALGARY

4th 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 10000m
Silver medal icon.svg overall

Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
4th 5000/10000m

1998–99
GRONINGEN

Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
4th 10000m
GRONINGEN

4th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 1000m
5th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 1000m
4th overall
HEERENVEEN

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg 1500m
9th 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall
HEERENVEEN

Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
18th 5000m
HAMAR

4th 500m
6th 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
4th 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall
CALGARY

17th 500m
9th 1000m
27th 500m
14th 1000m
19th overall

Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
5th 5000/10000m

1999–2000
THE HAGUE

Gold medal icon.svg 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
5th 10000m
Silver medal icon.svg overall
HAMAR

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
4th 5000m
4th 1500m
6th 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall
MILWAUKEE

7th 500m
6th 5000m
5th 1500m
7th 10000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall

Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
4th 5000/10000m

2000–01
THE HAGUE

11th 1000m
5th 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
HEERENVEEN

24th 500m
13th 5000m
9th 1500m
DNQ 10000m
NC22 overall
SALT LAKE CITY

13th 1500m
BUDAPEST

5th 500m
7th 5000m
Silver medal icon.svg 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 10000m
Gold medal icon.svg overall

Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
9th 5000/10000m

2001–02
GRONINGEN

9th 1000m
Bronze medal icon.svg 1500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 5000m
ALKMAAR

Bronze medal icon.svg 500m
15th 5000m
DNS 1500m
DNS 10000m
NC overall
GRONINGEN

13th 500m
11th 1000m
13th 500m
12th 1000m
12th overall
SALT LAKE CITY

9th 1500m

12th 1500m
16th 5000/10000m

2002–03
UTRECHT

11th 1500m
6th 5000m
ASSEN

8th 500m
6th 5000m
4th 1500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 10000m
Bronze medal icon.svg overall
HEERENVEEN

8th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
4th 1500m
Bronze medal icon.svg 10000m
Silver medal icon.svg overall
GOTHENBURG

11th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
5th 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 10000m
Silver medal icon.svg overall

2003–04
HEERENVEEN

13th 5000m
EINDHOVEN

10th 500m
12th 5000m
10th 1500m
10th 10000m
9th overall

2004–05
ASSEN

25th 1500m
10th 5000m
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
12th 5000m
13th 1500m
8th 10000m
7th overall

2005–06
HEERENVEEN

22nd 1500m
4th 5000m
UTRECHT

5th 500m
Silver medal icon.svg 5000m
11th 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg 10000m
Silver medal icon.svg overall
TURIN

Bronze medal icon.svg team pursuit

15th 5000/10000m

2006–07
ASSEN

20th 5000m
HEERENVEEN

16th 500m
5th 5000m
21st 1500m
5th 10000m
6th overall

Gold medal icon.svg team pursuit

2007–08
GRONINGEN

19th 500m
15th 5000m
22nd 1500m
DNQ 10000m
NC overall(20)

source: [5] [6] [7] [8]

World Cup overview

On 1 December 2013 in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sven Kramer won his 30th ISU World Cup event thus surpassing Ritsma as the most successful Dutch World Cup speed skater.

Season1500 meter
1990–1991 17th20th22nd9thBronze medal icon.svg
1991–1992 4thGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg10th10th
1992–1993 Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg4th
1993–1994 4thBronze medal icon.svg5thBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
1994–1995 5thSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg5thGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg6th
1995–1996 5th4th5th4th8th12th
1996–1997 Bronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg5thGold medal icon.svg
1997–1998 4thGold medal icon.svg4thSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
1998–1999 7thSilver medal icon.svg6thGold medal icon.svg
1999–2000 6thSilver medal icon.svg17th6thSilver medal icon.svg
2000–2001 Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg16th16th
2001–2002 5th11th6th10th
2005–2006
Season5000/10000 meter
1990–1991
1991–1992 20th*7th14thGold medal icon.svg
1992–1993 Bronze medal icon.svg4thSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg9th8th*
1993–1994 Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg*Gold medal icon.svg4th4th5th*
1994–1995 Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg7th*
1995–1996 Gold medal icon.svg4thSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg*
1996–1997 Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg–*6thGold medal icon.svg
1997–1998 5th4th6thBronze medal icon.svg*Gold medal icon.svg
1998–1999 Bronze medal icon.svg16th*Bronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
1999–2000 4th6th*13thBronze medal icon.svg4th
2000–2001 Silver medal icon.svg–*4th16th
2001–2002 Bronze medal icon.svg12th20th
2005–2006 12th13th–*15th8th
SeasonSeasonTeam pursuit
1990–1991
1991–1992
1992–1993
1993–1994
1994–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2005–2006 Silver medal icon.svg

Source: [9]

– = Did not participate
* = 10000 meter

Medals won

ChampionshipGold
Gold medal icon.svg
Silver
Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze
Bronze medal icon.svg
Dutch Single Distances 1153
Dutch Allround Events 7127
Dutch Allround Classification 243
European Allround Events 1288
European Allround Classification 622
Olympic Games 024
World Cup Events 292014
World Cup Classification 604
World Single Distances 221
World Allround Events 386
World Allround Classification 423
World Junior Allround Events 020
World Junior Allround Classification 010
Total826855

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Renate Groenewold</span> Dutch speed skater and cyclist

Renate Titzia Groenewold is a Dutch former long track speed skater and road bicycle racer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bart Veldkamp</span> Dutch speed skater

Bart Veldkamp is a retired speed skater, who represented the Netherlands and later Belgium in international competitions, including the Winter Olympics. He currently is the national speed skating coach of Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carl Verheijen</span> Dutch speed skater

Carl Eduard Verheijen is a Dutch former 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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sven Kramer</span> Dutch speed skater

Sven Kramer is a retired Dutch long track speed skater who has won an all time record nine World Allround Championships as well as a record ten European Allround Championships. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meters at the Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics, and won a record 21 gold medals at the World Single Distance Championships; eight in the 5000 meters, five in the 10,000 meters, and eight in the team pursuit. Kramer used to be the world record holder in the team pursuit and broke the world records in the 5000 meter and 10,000 meter events 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 all round championships. He was undefeated in the 18 international allround championships he participated in from the 2006/2007 season until the 2016/2017 season. From November 2007 to March 2009, he was ranked first in the Adelskalender, but despite his dominance as an all-round skater he has since been overtaken on that list by Shani Davis and, more recently, by his teammate Patrick Roest and Jordan Stolz.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Erben Wennemars</span> Dutch speed skater

Egbert Rolf "Erben" Wennemars is a Dutch former speed skater. He specialized in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters, and set six world records during his career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ids Postma</span> Dutch speed skater

Ids Hylke Postma is a Dutch former speed skater. He is an Olympic gold medalist and former world champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hans van Helden</span> Dutch speed skater

Hans van Helden is a former speed skater, originally competing for the Netherlands, later for France.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Falko Zandstra</span> Dutch speed skater

Falko Zandstra is a former Dutch speed skater. Because of his thin legs he was also called de Gespierde Spijker which translates to the Muscular Nail.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marrit Leenstra (speed skater)</span> Dutch former long track speed skater

Marrit Leenstra is a Dutch former long track speed skater.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wouter olde Heuvel</span> Dutch former speed skater (born 1986)

Wouter olde Heuvel is a Dutch former speed skater who participated in international competitions. His older brother Remco is also a speed skater.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 World Allround Speed Skating Championships</span> International speed skating competition

The 2010 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the indoor ice rink of the Thialf in Heerenveen, Netherlands on 19, 20 and 21 March 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bart Swings</span> Belgian speed skater (born 1991)

Bart Swings is a Belgian long track speed skater and inline speed skater. He is the 2022 Olympic champion on the speed skating mass start. Swings won Belgium's first gold medal in 74 years and is the first Belgian athlete ever to have won two medals in the Winter Olympics. In 2023 he won the Belgian National Sports Merit Award, the highest trophy for a sportsperson or team in Belgium.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Douwe de Vries</span> Dutch speed skater

Douwe de Vries 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 of the team pursuit world record.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patrick Roest</span> Dutch speed skater (born 1995)

Patrick Roest is a Dutch professional long track speed skater who has won the World Allround Speed Skating Championships three times. He leads the adelskalender, an all-time ranking of skaters' personal bests. He is a member of the commercial team of Team Reggeborgh.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Melissa Wijfje</span> Dutch speed skater

Melissa Wijfje is a Dutch allround speed skater who is specialized in the middle and long distances.

Marcel Bosker is a Dutch long track speed skater.

The 56th edition of the Men's World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held on 11 and 12 February 1995 at the Ice Rink Piné, Baselga di Pinè in Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Merijn Scheperkamp</span> Dutch speed skater (born 2000)

Merijn Scheperkamp is a Dutch speed skater who specializes in the sprint distances.

References

  1. Official website Rintje Ritsma
  2. "Schaatsbond vindt in Ritsma opvolger veelbesproken bondscoach Coopmans". NOS.nl (in Dutch). 4 October 2022.
  3. "Rintje Ritsma". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  4. "Rintje Ritsma". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  5. "Rintje Rinsma". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. "Rintje Rinsma". speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  7. "Rintje Rinsma". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  8. "Rintje Rinsma". ISU.org. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  9. "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live".
Awards
Preceded by Oscar Mathisen Award
1999
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ard Schenk Award
1994
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ard Schenk Award
1996
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ard Schenk Award
1999
Succeeded by