The 2017
European Speed Skating Championships were held in
Heerenveen
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, from 6 to 8 January 2017. Skaters from 12 countries participated. It was the first time that allround and sprint were held at the same time and venue.
The event was originally planned to be held in
Zakopane
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, but in October 2016, the Polish skating union informed the ISU that it was not able to organize the event.
Sven Kramer of Netherlands and
Martina Sáblíková
Martina Sáblíková () (born 27 May 1987) is a Czech speed skater, specializing in long track speed skating. She is an Olympic gold medal winner and a multiple European and World allround champion. She became the first Czech to win two Olym ...
of the Czech Republic were the defending champions in allround. Kramer successfully defended his allround title, winning a record 9th title overall, and
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 ...
of the Netherlands won her 5th allround title. In sprint,
Kai Verbij
Kai Verbij (born 25 September 1994) is a Dutch speed skater who is specialized in the sprint distances. His mother is Japanese, while his father is Dutch.
Career
Together with Ronald Mulder and Stefan Groothuis, Verbij won the team sprint event ...
won the men's title, while Czech
Karolína Erbanová won the women's event.
Schedule
The schedule of events:
All times are
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Allround
Men's championships
DNS = did not start, WDR = withdrew, DQ = disqualified
Day 2
=500 metres
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=5000 metres
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Day 3
=1500 metres
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Final ranking
Women's championships
Day 1
=500 metres
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=3000 metres
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Day 2
=1500 metres
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=5000 metres
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Final ranking
Sprint
Men's championships
DNS = did not start, WDR = withdrew, DQ = disqualified
Day 1
=500 metres
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=1000 metres
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Day 2
=500 metres
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Final ranking
Women's championships
Day 2
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Day 3
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Final ranking
See also
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2017 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
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2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The 2017 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held at the Olympic Oval in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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References
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2017 in Dutch sport
2017 in speed skating
2017 Allround
European Speed Skating Championships, 2017
January 2017 sports events in Europe
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