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2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships ...
The 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships took place between 21 and 24 March 2013 in the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia. It was a test event for the 2014 Olympic Games. Schedule Source: schaatsen.nl& ISU.org Medal summary Men's events Source: ISU Women's events Source: ISU Medal table References {{DEFAULTSORT:World Single Distance Championships 2013 2013 Single Distance 2013 in speed skating World Single Distance, 2013 Sports competitions in Sochi 2013 in Russian sport World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships 21st century in Sochi Speed Skating 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 skatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adler Arena Skating Center
The Adler Arena Trade And Exhibition Center (Адлер-Арена) is an 8,000-seat speed skating rink, speed skating oval in the Sochi Olympic Park, Olympic Park, Sochi, Russia. It opened in 2012 and looks like an iceberg or ice fault. The center hosted the speed skating events at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Original plans for after the Olympics were for the Adler Arena to be turned into an exhibition center. It cost United States Dollar, $32.8 million to build the venue, including the temporary works for the Olympics. Before the Olympics it hosted the 2013 Russian Speed Skating Championships in December 2012 and the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships from 21 to 24 March 2013. Construction A crystal face theme is supported by angular walls and triangular stained-glass windows. The gray and white color of the building enhances this impression. The walls along the sides of the skating rink are made transparent so that spectators can look outside. The skating cente ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koen Verweij
Koen Verweij (; born 26 August 1990) is a former Dutch speed skater and inline speed skater. At the end of the skating season 2008–09 he made a transfer from the Jong Oranje team of the national skating union ( KNSB) to the commercial team of TVM. Verweij was the holder of the Dutch national record at the 1500 metres distance from 9 December 2017 until 10 March 2019. Biography On 30 December 2007 Verweij skated his first 10 km race at the Dutch all-round championships at the Kardinge ice track in Groningen. He finished the tournament in fifth position which resulted in his qualification as first reserve skater for the European all-round championship in Kolomna. This was a remarkable accomplishment, since he was a junior at that moment, and posted faster times than Sven Kramer skated at the same age. Later in the same season he participated in the world junior championships in Changchun. He won the silver medal just behind his teammate Jan Blokhuijsen and in front of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Nesbitt
Christine Nesbitt (born 17 May 1985) is a Canadian retired long track speed skater who currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia. She won the gold medal in the 1000 metres event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. She had previously won a silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She is also the 2011 sprint champion, 2012 1500 metres world champion, three-time world champion for 1000 metres (2009, 2011, 2012), and three-time world champion for team pursuit (2007, 2009, 2011). On 4 June 2015 she announced her retirement. Nesbitt previously held the world record for 1000 metres, with a time of 1:12:68 recorded in Calgary on 28 January 2012. The time is still the current Canadian record. Personal life Nesbitt was born to a Canadian father and an Australian mother in Melbourne, Australia. As a youth Nesbitt took an interest in track events, cross-country competitions, and ice hockey while attending Jeanne Sauvé Primary School in London, Ont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotte Van Beek
Lotte van Beek (; born 9 December 1991) is a retired Dutch speed skater. She finished second on the women's 1500 metres event at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships. At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she was part of the Dutch team who won a gold medal on the women team pursuit; she also won a bronze medal on the women's 1500 metres. At the 2018 European Single Distance Speed Skating Championships, she won a gold medal on the women's 1500 metres and another with the Dutch women pursuit team. At the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ..., she was part of the Dutch women pursuit team who won a silver medal. Records Personal records References 1991 births Dutch female speed skaters Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brittany Bowe
Brittany Starr Bowe (born February 24, 1988) is an American speed skater and former inline skater and basketball player. She has eight gold, one silver, and two bronze medals from the world inline speedskating championships. From her junior years, she has another 21 world championship medals. She also has a gold medal from the combined sprint event in roller skating at the 2007 Pan American Games. In speed skating, she has specialized in the 500, 1000 and 1500 meters, and she won the bronze medal on the 1000 meters distance in the 2013 World Single Distance Championships. In the 2015 World Single Distance Championships, she won the gold medal on the same distance, as well as another gold medal in the 1500 meters, and the silver medal in the 500 meters. Two weeks later, she also won the 2015 World Sprint Championships, winning all four races along the way. She has two bronze medals, from the 2018 and 2022 Olympics. For her performance in the 1000 metres competition of the Single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ireen Wüst
Irene Karlijn (Ireen) Wüst (; born 1 April 1986) is a Dutch former long track speed skater. Wüst became the most successful speed skating olympian ever by achieving at least one gold medal in each of five consecutive Winter Olympic appearances and is the only athlete to win an individual gold medal in five consecutive Olympics, Summer or Winter. Wüst is both the youngest Dutch Olympic gold medalist and the oldest speed skating gold medalist in the history of the Winter Games. At the age of nineteen, on 12 February 2006, she won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000 metre event; four years later at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games she won the 1500 metre event; at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games she won two gold and three silver medals, making her the most decorated athlete at the Sochi Games. Following her record sixth speed skating gold medal in the 1500 metres and bronze in the team pursuit event at the 2022 Winter Olympics she has won a record thirteen Olympic m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olga Fatkulina
Olga Aleksandrovna Fatkulina (russian: Ольга Александровна Фаткулина; born 23 January 1990) is a Russian long-track speed skater. She competed for Russia at the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics in the women's 500 m and 1000 m. Career In the 2013 World Single Distance Championships she won the gold medal in the 1000 meters race, and a bronze medal 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 .... At the 2014 Winter Olympics she won the silver medal in the 500 meters event. On 24 November 2017, she was disqualified from the 2014 Winter Olympics and had her silver medal stripped. On 1 February 2018, her results were restored and ban lifted as a result of the successful appeal. Records Personal records Results timeline Wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Beixing
Wang Beixing (; born 10 March 1985) is a Chinese long track speed skater, specializing in short distances (500 m and 1000 m). Wang first competed in 2003. However, her breakthrough came in the 2004–05 season, winning several times in the World Cup B-group and competing in the A-group. At the World Single Distance Championships she surprisingly won silver. She appeared to be a medal candidate at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. However, here she disappointed with a 7th place at the 500 m and a 29th at the 1000 m. In January 2009, she won the World Sprint Championships, the first Chinese woman to do so since Ye Qiaobo in 1993. She won the bronze medal in the 500 m sprint at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. She was formerly coached by retired Canadian Olympic medallist and former world record holder Kevin Overland Kevin Overland, or Kevin Crockett (born June 8, 1974) is a Canadian former Olympic and ISU Speed Skating World Cup medallist and present-day Speed Skating C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Sang-hwa
Lee Sang-hwa (Korean: 이상화, Hanja: 李相花, ; born 25 February 1989) is a South Korean retired speed skater who specialises in the sprint distances. She is a two-time Olympic champion in 500 metres (2010 and 2014) and the 2010 World Sprint champion. She is the current world record holder in women's 500 metres with the time of 36.36 seconds set in Salt Lake City on 16 November 2013, and also holds the South Korean record on 1000 metres. She has also won three World Championships medals in 500 metres, and has placed in the top three in World Cup events four times in this distance. Her first World Cup victory, however, came on the non-Olympic distance 100 metres. On the 1000 metres, however, she has never placed higher than fifth in international events (2010 World Sprint Championships, first 1000 metres). Early life and education Lee Sang-hwa was born in 1989 to Lee U-geun (father), a technician at Hwigyeong Girls' School, and Kim In-sun (mother). Lee has an older brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Szymański (speed Skater)
Jan Marek Szymański (; born 2 March 1989) is a Polish speed skater. He is the current holder of the Polish records in 3000 and 5000 metres. Speed skating In speed skating at the 2013 Winter Universiade, Szymański, who is a student at the University School of Physical Education in Poznań, won the gold medal in both the 1500 and 5000 meters. Jan won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Speed Skating Championships in Kolomna in the Team pursuit event together with his fellow team mates Zbigniew Bródka and Adrian Wielgat. Olympic Games At the 2013 World Single Distance Championships in Sochi, Russia, Szymański won the bronze medal in the men's team pursuit together with Zbigniew Bródka and 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 Warsa .... The same resul ... [...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] |
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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