Casper Helling (born 14 April 1972) is a Dutch
speedskater
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, specialising in marathon skating and the longer distances. On 15 March 2007 at the
Utah Olympic Oval
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in
Salt Lake City
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, Helling skated 41.969 km in one hour, which was the current
world record
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in this event. Helling's result was 300 m better than the previous world record, set by
Henk Angenent
Henk Angenent (born 1 November 1967) is a retired Dutch speed skater, specialising in marathon skating and the longer distances. Angenent won the Elfstedentocht on 4 January 1997, outsprinting favourite Erik Hulzebosch at the finish.
On 12 Marc ...
in March 2004. It was bested by
Douwe de Vries
Douwe de Vries (born 14 June 1982) is a Dutch former professional marathon speed skater and long track speed skater. He resides in Heerenveen, Friesland. Douwe de Vries, who was a member of the commercial team of LottoNL-Jumbo, is the current ho ...
who covered 42.252 km in one hour on March 14, 2015. Among his other achievements is a gold medal on the 10,000-m in the Dutch single distances championship for the 2001–2002 season. In recent years Casper Helling has won 3 races of 200 km distance on natural ice: Kuopio, Finland, in 2004, Kuopio, Finland in 2008 and Weissensee, Austria in 2009.
As of March 2007, Helling's personal records are 40.37 (500 m), 1:58.00 (1500 m), 6:50.10 (5000 m) and 13:56.31 (10000 m).
External links
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Casper Helling at SkateResults.comLap times for his world record
1972 births
Living people
Dutch male speed skaters
Sportspeople from Ede, Netherlands
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