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2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The 2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held in the Thialf arena in Heerenveen Heerenveen (, fry, It Hearrenfean ) is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland (Fryslân), in the Northern Netherlands. In 2021, the town had a population of 29,790 (1 January) while the municipality had a population 50,859 (1 July). ..., Netherlands, on 19 and 20 January 2008. They were the 37th World Championships. Men DQ = disqualifiedNS = Not started Source: ISU Women DQ = disqualifiedNS = Not started Source: ISU http://www.isuresults.eu/2007-2008/heerenveen/ ISU Results Rules All participating skaters are allowed to skate all races. References {{World Speed Skating Championships 2008 World Sprint World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, 2008 World Sprint, 2008 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, 2008 2008 in Dutch sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thialf
Thialf is an ice arena in Heerenveen, Netherlands. Thialf consists of the Thialf-hal (a 12,500-capacity speed skating venue) and the Elfstedenhal (a 2,500-capacity ice hockey venue). Thialf is used for long track speed skating, short track speed skating, ice hockey, figure skating, ice speedway, and non-sporting events. The outdoor rink was opened in 1967, and the indoor stadium was opened in 1986. Several world records have been set in the indoor stadium. Annually, Thialf hosts two Speed Skating World Cup events. Jan de Jong was the ice rink master at Thialf for many years. History Thialf is named after Thialfi, a character in Norse mythology, who was Thor's servant and had to race a giant. Construction on the artificial outdoor ice rink was started in 1966, and it was opened on 14 October 1967 by Princess Christina of the Netherlands. It was the third 400m artificial ice rink in the Netherlands, after the Jaap Eden baan in Amsterdam and the IJsselstadion in Deventer. Sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Weijiang
An Weijiang (also ''Weijiang An'') (born 27 August 1983) is a speed skater. He has participated in the 2006 Olympics for China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... Achievements * World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men (2 participations): ** 2006, 2008 *** Best result 11th in 2008 Personal records References External links DESG 1983 births Living people Chinese male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters for China Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games {{PRChina-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuomas Nieminen
Tuomas Nieminen (born 16 September 1981) is a Finnish long track speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ... who participates in international competitions. :nl:Tuomas Nieminen Personal records References External linksTuomas Nieminen Website 1981 births Finnish male speed skaters [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikael Flygind-Larsen
Mikael Flygind Larsen (born 18 September 1982) is a Norwegian long track speed skater. He competed for Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics Norway participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Norway sent 99 competitors to the games and ended up with the fourth largest number of gold medals among participating nations. Medalists , width="70%" a ... in the Men's 1000 m and Men's 1500 m. He finished 15th and 8th respectively. References External links * 1982 births Living people Norwegian male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Norway Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics 21st-century Norwegian people Place of birth missing (living people) {{Norway-speed-skater-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Yesin
Aleksey Yuryevich Yesin (russian: Алексей Юрьевич Есин; born 3 December 1987) is a Russian speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. .... He finished 12th in the men's 1000 metres event at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships. References External links * * * 1987 births Russian male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Russia Universiade medalists in speed skating People from Kolomna Living people World Sprint Speed Skating Championships medalists Universiade bronze medalists for Russia Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joji Kato
(born 6 February 1985) is a Japanese speedskater whose specialty is in the sprinting distance event of 500 metres. At the age of 17 he became the first junior speedskater to skate the 500 metres in less than 35 seconds. Until 9 March 2007 he was the world record holder with the 34.30 he skated in Salt Lake City on 19 November 2005. He lost the world record to Lee Kang-seok, who skated 34.25 in Salt Lake City. At the age of 20, he became the 500 metres world champion at the 2005 World Single Distance Championships, leaving behind Hiroyasu Shimizu and Jeremy Wotherspoon. After this achievement he was considered to be one of the favourites for achieving a medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Prior to that 500 metre race, he named three skaters as his toughest competition: Jeremy Wotherspoon of Canada, Joey Cheek of the United States, and Dmitry Dorofeyev of Russia. Cheek and Dorofeyev won gold and silver, respectively, while Kato finished in sixth place. He was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Takaharu Nakajima
is a Japanese speed skater. He competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t .... References 1983 births Living people Japanese male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Japan Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Nagano Prefecture Speed skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Speed skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in speed skating Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan {{Japan-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konrad Niedźwiedzki
Konrad Łukasz Niedźwiedzki (born 2 January 1985, Polish pronunciation: kɔnɾat ɲɛd͡ʑˈvʲjɛt͡ski is a Polish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. Personal life Konrad Niedźwiedzki was born in Warsaw, Poland. His father Krzysztof is coach of Polish national speed skating team. Konrad dated with Katarzyna Woźniak also speed skater. Olympic Games In the 2013 World Single Distance Championships in Sochi, Russia, Niedźwiedzki won the bronze medal in the men's team pursuit together with Zbigniew Bródka and Jan Szymański. The same result was reached at the 2014 Winter Olympics which was held at the same venue. Personal records Career highlights ;Olympic Winter Games :2006 – Torino, 13th at 1000 m :2006 – Torino, 12th at 1500 m ;World Allround Championships :2006 – Calgary, 8th ;World Single Distance Championships :2005 – Inzell, 14th at 1500 m ;European Allround Championships :2005 – Heerenveen, 22nd :2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Labrie
Vincent Labrie (born February 14, 1983) is a Canadian speedskater. Labrie was born in Lévis, Quebec, and made his Speed Skating World Cup debut in November 2005, at Salt Lake City. He has competed at two World Single Distance Championships and two World Sprint Speed Skating Championships, with his best finish a 15th in the 500 metres at the 2008 Single Distance Championships. Labrie competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics, in the 500 metres The 500 metres is a rarely run middle-distance running event in track and field competitions. All-time top 25 *i = indoor performance *OT = oversized track (exceeding 200m in circumference) *A = affected by altitude *h = hand timing Men *C .... He placed 29th in each of the two races, leaving him 29th overall. World Cup Personal Bests References External linksOfficial site [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maciej Ustynowicz
Maciej Ustynowicz (born 23 February 1983 in Warsaw) is a Polish speedskater. He competed for Poland at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz .... Personal records References External links * 1983 births Living people Polish male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for Poland Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Warsaw {{Poland-speed-skating-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucker Fredricks
Tucker Fredricks (born April 16, 1984) is an American speed skater and the US record holder in the 500 meter event. He competed at the 2006, 2010, and 2014 Winter Olympics. Fredricks was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, where he graduated in 2002 from Joseph A. Craig High School. He began skating in 1994 when a friend of his father took him skating in lieu of playing hockey. He considers his greatest accomplishment to be winning the gold medal in 500m at the 2003 World Junior Championships. On November 17, 2007, at the World Cup Race in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Fredricks beat the previous American 500m record (34.42) which was originally held by 2002 Olympic gold medalist Casey Fitzrandolph Casey J. FitzRandolph (born January 21, 1975) is an American speed skater. In 1997, FitzRandolph won the bronze medal at the World Sprint Championships in Hamar. He won another bronze medal in 2001 at the World Single Distance Championships on ..., with a time of 34.31. Current record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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