Sven Kramer

Sven Kramer

Sven Kramer after winning the 2009 European Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1986-04-23) 23 April 1986 (age 38) Heerenveen, Netherlands
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Website	www.svenkramer.nl
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	5000 m, 10000 m
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2022
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 36.17 (2009) 1500 m: 1:43.54 (2009) 3000 m: 3:37.39 (2019) 5000 m: 6:03:32 (2007) 10 000 m: 12:38.89 (2017)
Medal record Men's speed skating Representing  Netherlands Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 4 2 3 World Allround 9 0 3 World Distance 21 3 2 European Allround 10 1 0 European Distance 2 1 0 World Junior 1 1 0 Total 47 8 8 Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver 5000 m 2014 Sochi 5000 m 2014 Sochi Team pursuit 2018 Pyeongchang 5000 m 2006 Turin 5000 m 2014 Sochi 10,000 m 2006 Turin Team pursuit 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit 2018 Pyeongchang Team pursuit World Allround Championships 2007 Heerenveen Allround 2008 Berlin Allround 2009 Hamar Allround 2010 Heerenveen Allround 2012 Moscow Allround 2013 Hamar Allround 2015 Calgary Allround 2016 Berlin Allround 2017 Hamar Allround 2005 Moscow Allround 2006 Calgary Allround 2019 Calgary Allround World Single Distance Championships 2007 Salt Lake City 5000 m 2007 Salt Lake City 10,000 m 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit 2008 Nagano 5000 m 2008 Nagano 10,000 m 2008 Nagano Team pursuit 2009 Vancouver 5000 m 2009 Vancouver 10,000 m 2009 Vancouver Team pursuit 2012 Heerenveen 5000 m 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2013 Sochi 5000 m 2013 Sochi Team pursuit 2015 Heerenveen 5000 m 2015 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2016 Kolomna 5000 m 2016 Kolomna 10,000 m 2017 Gangneung 5000 m 2017 Gangneung 10,000 m 2019 Inzell Team pursuit 2020 Salt Lake City Team pursuit 2008 Nagano 1500 m 2013 Sochi 10,000 m 2020 Salt Lake City 5000 m 2017 Gangneung 1500 m 2019 Inzell 5000 m European Allround Championships 2007 Collalbo Allround 2008 Kolomna Allround 2009 Heerenveen Allround 2010 Hamar Allround 2012 Budapest Allround 2013 Heerenveen Allround 2015 Chelyabinsk Allround 2016 Minsk Allround 2017 Heerenveen Allround 2019 Collalbo Allround 2005 Heerenveen Allround European Single Distance Championships 2020 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2022 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2020 Heerenveen 5000 m World Junior Championships 2005 Seinäjoki Allround 2004 Roseville Allround

Sven Kramer (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌsfɛn ˈkraːmər]; born 23 April 1986) 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 (alongside Douwe de Vries and Marcel Bosker) 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,^[1] 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.

On 27 March 2020, it was announced that Kramer extended his contract with the Jumbo-Visma speed skating team until the 2022 Winter Olympics.^[2]

On 28 October 2021 it was announced that Sven was going to retire in 2022.^[3]