Douwe de Vries (born 14 June 1982) is a Dutch former professional marathon

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. ...

and

long track speed skater 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic sport, Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skat ...

. He resides 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). ...

Friesland Friesland (, ; official fry, Fryslân ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen, northwest of Drenthe and Overijssel, north of ...

. Douwe de Vries, who was a member of the commercial team of LottoNL-Jumbo, is the current holder (with Sven Kramer and

Marcel Bosker Marcel Bosker (born 19 January 1997) is a Dutch long track speed skater. He won the allround bronze medal at the 2018 World Allround Speed Skating Championships in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the ...

) of the team pursuit world record.

Career

In 2007, Douwe de Vries won the Willem Poelstra Trophy for the greatest talent in marathon skating. On 6 December 2014, he finished third at the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3 – Men's 5000 metres. In 2015 and 2016, he won the gold medal in the team pursuit event at the

World Single Distance Championships The World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating competitions organised by the International Skating Union. History Since the late 19th century, speed skating championships were always decided by racing multiple ...

. In March 2015, Douwe de Vries improved the world hour record, set by

Casper Helling Casper Helling (born 14 April 1972) is a Dutch speedskater, specialising in marathon skating and the longer distances. On 15 March 2007 at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, Helling skated 41.969 km in one hour, which was the current w ...

on 15 March 2007 at 41,969.10 m, bringing it to 42,252.22 m. He has a score of 146.604 points on the adelskalender.

Records

Personal records

World records

Tournament overview

:''DQ = Disqualified'' :''NC = No classification'' :''DNQ = Did not qualify for the final distance'' :''DNS =Did not start'' Source:

World Cup overview

:''– = Did not participate'' :''DNF = Did not finish'' :''(b) = Division B'' :''* = 10000 meter''

Medals won

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vries, Douwe 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Heerenveen Dutch male speed skaters World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists 21st-century Dutch people