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Erben Wennemars
Erben Wennemars during the
World Championships 2007
Personal information
Born (1975-11-01) November 1, 1975 (age 48)
Dalfsen, Netherlands
Websitewww.erbenwennemars.nl

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" | Men's speed skating |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;" | Olympic Games

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2006 Turin|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Team pursuit

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2006 Turin|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1000 m

|- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;" | World Championships

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Gold medal – first place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2003 Berlin|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1000 m

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Gold medal – first place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2004 Seoul|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1000 m

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Gold medal – first place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2003 Berlin|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1500 m

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Gold medal – first place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2004 Nagano|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Sprint

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Gold medal – first place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2004 Salt Lake City|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Sprint

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Gold medal – first place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2005 Inzell|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Team pursuit

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Gold medal – first place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2007 Salt Lake City|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Team pursuit

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Gold medal – first place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2008 Nagano|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Team pursuit

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Silver medal – second place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1999 Heerenveen|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 500 m

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Silver medal – second place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2007 Salt Lake City|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1500 m

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2003 Berlin|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 500 m

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2001 Salt Lake City|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1500 m

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2004 Seoul|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1500 m

|- | style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 1998 Berlin|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Sprint

|-

| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;" | Bronze medal – third place|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | 2003 Calgary|| style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" | Sprint
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro1995

Egbert Rolf ("Erben") Wennemars (born November 1, 1975 in Dalfsen) is a Dutch former speed skater. He specialized in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters.

Career

Erben Wennemars was the first skater who skated the 1500 m faster than 1:50.00. His 1:49.89 in the summer of 1997 however, was not regarded as an official world record.

During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano where Wennemars was qualified for the 500, 1000 and 1500 m, he dislocated his shoulder when Grunde Njøs from Norway fell and collided with Wennemars during the second 500 m race. Wennemars wasn't able to participate in the other distances after that.

Wennemars achieved his first big success in 2003 during the World Single Distance Championships in Berlin by winning the gold medal at the 1000 m and 1500 m. One year later he became world champion sprint in Nagano. In 2005 he defended his world sprint title successfully in Salt Lake City.

Wennemars qualified for the 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and the team pursuit events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. His teammates for the team pursuit were Sven Kramer, Carl Verheijen, Mark Tuitert and Rintje Ritsma.

In 2003 Wennemars was chosen as athlete of the year in the Netherlands and in 2003, 2004 and 2005 as Dutch skater of the year. After failing to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics he announced his farewell from competitive skating [1]. On January 11, 2010, Erben Wennemars officially retired as a speed-skating professional.

Personal life

Wennemars is married to Renate.[2]

Personal records

Distance Time Date Venue
500m 34,68 January 22, 2005 Salt Lake City
1000m 1.07,33 January 12, 2003 Salt Lake City
1500m 1.42,32 November 9, 2007 Salt Lake City
3000m 3.41,84 August 13, 2005 Calgary
5000m 6.28,42 August 13, 2005 Calgary
10000m 13.35,67 February 11, 2007 Heerenveen

Medals

Championship
Dutch Single Distance Championships 10 11 9
Dutch Sprint Championships 3 1 3
Dutch Allround Championships 0 0 1
Winter Olympics 0 0 2
World Single Distance Championships 5 2 3
World Allround Championships 0 0 0
World Sprint Championships 2 0 2

References

  1. ^ "Afscheid Erben Wennemars bij NK kortebaan"
  2. ^ "Vrouw Wennemars: Erben heeft nieuw doel: de Elfstedentocht" (in Dutch). ad.nl. 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2010-01-11.



Awards
Preceded by Dutch Sportsman of the Year
2003 		Succeeded by


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