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2010 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
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. Defending champions were Martina Sáblíková and Sven Kramer. Both succeeded to prolong the title. For Sáblíková it became her second world allround title. Kramer became world allround champion for the fourth time, he is the first person to do so four times in a row. Other world allround champions to win four titles are Ivar Ballangrud and Rintje Ritsma, and only Oscar Mathisen and Clas Thunberg won five times (see Number of World Allround Speed Skating Championships per person). Jonathan Kuck who became second was the big surprise of the tournament. This 20-year-old former short track skater got 149.558 points which was his PB. Kuck won the 1500 metres and became first in the overall lead. Kuck could skate 5 seconds slower at the 10000 metres to become world allround champion. In the beginning of the 10000 metres he att ... [...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] |
Joel Eriksson (speed Skater)
Joel Eriksson (born September 16, 1984 in Göteborg) is a Swedish long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. Personal records Career highlights ;World Sprint Championships :2007 - Hamar, 30th ;European Allround Championships : 2007 - Collalbo, 18th :2008 - Kolomna, 18th :2009 - Heerenveen, 13th :2010 - Hamar, 11th ;World Junior Allround Championships :2003 - Kushiro, 28th :2004 - Roseville, Minnesota, 34th ;National Championships :2006 - Hagaström, 1st at 1000 m sprint :2006 - Hagaström, 1st at 500 m sprint :2006 - Hagaström, 1st at sprint :2006 - Göteborg, 2nd at 1500 m :2006 - Göteborg, 3rd at 10000 m :2006 - Göteborg, 2nd at allround :2007 - Stockholm, 1st at sprint :2008 - Göteborg, 2nd at allround ;Nordic Junior Games :2003 - Hamar, 2nd at 3000 m :2003 - Hamar Hamar is a town in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Hamar is the administrative centre of Hamar Municipality. It is located in the traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Warsylewicz
Justin Warsylewicz (born 19 October 1985 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian speedskater. In February 2004, at the age of eighteen, he became Canadian All Round Champion after winning the World Junior Championships earlier that year. His win left the talented Dutchman Sven Kramer behind him in second place. The student of kinesiology missed the first half of the 2004/2005 season when he was diagnosed with a heart irregularity. This required catheter ablation procedures performed by Dr. L. Brent Mitchell at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary on November 17 and December 8. Successful outcomes of the procedures allowed Justin to compete in the Canadian All Round Championship at the end of December, and successfully defended his national title. Justin subsequently participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, winning a silver medal in men's team pursuit speed skating. As of November 2013 and through the lead-up to the 2014 Olympic Winder Games, the Libin Cardiov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Röjler
Johan Röjler (born 11 November 1981) is an speed skating, ice speed skater from Sweden, who represented his native country in three consecutive Winter Olympics, starting in Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2002 in Salt Lake City. His main achievements were held as a junior, when he won the Men's Allround Junior World Championship title in they year 2000 and took several medals, including 6 golds at Junior Nordic Games. References External links Photos of Johan Røjler {{DEFAULTSORT:Rojler, Johan 1981 births Living people Swedish male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Sweden Sportspeople from Örebro 21st-century Swedish people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Stefani
Luca Stefani (born 22 February 1987) is an Italian long track speed skater who participates in international competitions. Personal records Career highlights ;European Allround Championships :2008 - Kolomna, 16th ;World Junior Allround Championships :2004 - Roseville, Minnesota, 39th :2005 - Seinäjoki, 30th :2006 - Erfurt, 12th ;National Championships :2007 - Baselga di Pinè, 3rd at allround :2008 - Baselga di Pinè, 3rd at allround ;European Junior Games :2006 - Collalbo Ritten (; it, Renon ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy. Territory The community is named after the high plateau, elevation , the Ritten or the Renon, on which most of the villages are located. The plateau forms t ..., 3rd at 3000 m References External links * Stefani at Jakub Majerski's Speedskating DatabaseStefani at SkateResults.com 1987 births Living people Italian male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic speed sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wouter Olde Heuvel
Wouter olde Heuvel (born 18 August 1986) is a Dutch former speed skater who participated in international competitions. His older brother Remco is also a speed skater. Records Personal records Olde Heuvel has a score of 148.281 points on the Adelskalendern. World records : * together with Ted-Jan Bloemen and Ralph de Haan : ** together with Ted-Jan Bloemen and Boris Kusmirak World records at a sea-level ice rink (non-official) Tournament overview Source: World Cup overview isuresults.eu, 4 maart 2016 :''– = geen deelname'' :''(b) = Division B'' :''* = 10000 meter'' Medals won Career highlights ;World Allround Championships :2006 - |
Jeff Kitura
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Ted-Jan Bloemen
Ted-Jan Bloemen (born 16 August 1986) is a Dutch-Canadian long track speed skater. He started competing for the Canadian national speed skating team during the 2014–15 season, but before that, he competed for the Netherlands in international competitions. Bloemen primarily competes in long-distance events as well as team pursuit events. He is a former world record holder for the 5,000 m (6:01.86), set in Salt Lake City, and the Olympic record holder for the 10,000 m (12:39.77), set winning gold at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Bloemen also won a silver medal in the 5,000 m at the Pyeongchang Olympics, the first Canadian male to medal in the distance since 1932. He has won a silver in 10,000 m and one bronze and silver in the team pursuit at the World Speed Skating Championships. Career Bloemen started skating at a young age in his hometown of Gouda. He participated at the 2006 World Junior Speed Skating Championships in Erfurt, where he came i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Skobrev
Ivan Aleksandrovich Skobrev (russian: Иван Александрович Скобрев; born 8 February 1983 in Khabarovsk) is a Russian speed skater. Career At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he won the bronze medal in the 5000 meters as well as the silver medal in the 10000 meters. He is the 2011 European and World Allround Champion. At the 2006 European Championships he finished in fifth place. He qualified for four distances for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He finished eleventh in the 5000 meters, sixth in the 1500 and 10000 meters and fifth in the team pursuit. In December 2017, he was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ..., after d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathieu Giroux
Mathieu Giroux (born 2 March 1986) is a Canadian speed-skater. He shared medals at team pursuit medals at world cup races in Calgary and Salt Lake City in 2009. He represented Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics. On February 27, he won a gold medal in the team pursuit along with Denny Morrison and Lucas Makowsky Lucas Makowsky (born May 30, 1987 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian speed skater. He started speed skating at six and went on to rank 1st in Canada in the 5000 m and 10000 m for the 2008–09 season. In addition to skating he also speaks thr .... References 1986 births Living people Canadian male speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Olympic speed skaters of Canada Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Canada Speed skaters from Montreal World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists 21st-century Canadian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Blokhuijsen
Jan Blokhuijsen (; born 1 April 1989) is an Olympic award-winning Dutch long-track speed skater who until 2013 skated for the commercial TVM team. Career He currently holds the world record in the team pursuit discipline, along with teammates Sven Kramer and Koen Verweij. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, he won a silver medal in the Men's 5000 m competition. At the 2014 European allround championships in Hamar, Blokhuijsen won his first European title. In 2007, he got his VWO degree at school. After a successful period in skating and inline skating (in which he won several Dutch and European titles at the junior categories and a second place at the world championships in Korea) he decided to focus only on speedskating. In February 2008, he won the Dutch Allround Speed Skating Championships junior title at the ice rink of Groningen. Later in the same month, he became world champion at the junior world championships speedskating, where he finished in front of his teammat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zbigniew Bródka
Zbigniew Marcin Bródka (; born 8 October 1984) is a Polish speed skater and a 2014 Olympic champion in 1500 metres. He also works as a firefighter in the State Fire Service station in Łowicz. Personal life Bródka was born in Głowno, Poland, on 8 October 1984. Since 2009, he has worked as a firefighter in the State Fire Service ( pl, Państwowa Straż Pożarna) station in Łowicz. He represents a local sports club, UKS Błyskawica Domaniewice. He is married to Agnieszka and has two daughters - Gabriela and Amelia. Competitive career Before becoming a long track speed skater, Bródka competed in middle-distance running and short track. He often trains in Germany, as Poland lacks appropriate facilities for long track speed skating. When he trains in Poland, Bródka is forced to improvise, including using roller skates to imitate ice skating movements. In 2006, an accident prevented him from participating in the 2006 Winter Olympics. In 2010, he made his Olympic debut in Van ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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