Adriana Johanna "Ria" Visser (born 20 July 1961) is a former ice speed skater from the

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Visser participated in six

World Allround Speed Skating Championships The World Allround Speed Skating Championships are a series of speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of the world. The event is held over two days, with all skaters entering the first three distances (500 m, ...

, performing best at her first attempt in 1979, when she came in 6th. In 1979 and 1980 she won the bronze medal in the

World Junior Speed Skating Championships In 1971, the ISU congress decided to hold a World Junior Speed Skating Championships. After two test-championships (1972 and 1973), where only a boys' competition was held in the 1972 edition, the first official championship was introduced in C ...

. At the

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

in Lake Placid she won the silver medal in the women's 1500 metres, finishing just behind her Dutch teammate

Annie Borckink Anna "Annie" Johanna Geertruida Maria Borckink (born 17 October 1951) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. She won the gold medal in the wome ...

. At the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

she raced three distances, but did not reach higher than a 13th place. Unlike in international events, Visser was very successful at the Dutch National Allround Championships, winning the event five times and coming in second twice. Only Stien Kaiser has been more successful at the national level. In the 1990s she was a TV commentator for the Dutch sports program '' NOS Studio Sport''.

Personal records

Tournament overview

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References

External links

Ria Visser at SpeedSkatingStats.com

Blog.seniorennet.be
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Ria Visser at SchaatsStatistieken.nl
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