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Ireen Wüst
Ireen Wüst
Personal information
Born (1986-04-01) April 1, 1986 (age 38)
Goirle, Netherlands
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb; 9.9 st)
Websitewww.ireenwust.nl
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro2005
Ireen Wüst
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 2010 Vancouver 1500 m
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin 1500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Salt Lake City 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Salt Lake City 1500 m
Gold medal – first place 2007 Heerenveen Allround
Gold medal – first place 2008 Nagano Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2009 Vancouver 1500 m
Silver medal – second place 2007 Hamar Sprint
Silver medal – second place 2008 Berlin Allround
Silver medal – second place 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2009 Vancouver Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Hamar Allround
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2008 Kolomna Allround
Silver medal – second place 2007 Collalbo Allround
Silver medal – second place 2010 Hamar Allround
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Hamar Allround

Ireen Wüst (born April 1, 1986 in Goirle, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch long track allround speed skater.

At the age of 19, on February 12, 2006, Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event. She is the youngest Dutch Olympic champion in Winter Games history.

Skating career

Wüst debuted at the 2004 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships in November 2003 with 9th places in 500 m and 1500 m. At the end of the season she won the silver medal in the world junior championships in Roseville, Minnesota, USA. The next season she qualified for the 2004-05 Speed Skating World Cup during the 2005 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships with a fifth place in the 1000 m and 4th place in the 1500 m. With a 3rd place at the 2005 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships she qualified for her first international senior tournament, the 2005 European Championships in Heerenveen. There she ended 4th and secured herself a sport in the Dutch team for the 2005 World Allround Championships in Moscow, Russia. With a 5th place she made a promising debut at the highest international level. She then became World Junior Champion in Seinäjoki, Finland.

Season 2005-2006

Before the start of the season Wüst signed a deal with TVM and started training under the guidance of Gerard Kemkers. At the 2006 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships which also served as the Olympic Trials, Wüst won all three events she started in: 1000 m, 1500 m and 3000 m which gave her a spot in the Dutch Olympic Team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Before the olympics she started in the 2006 European Championships in Hamar where she won the bronze medal behind Claudia Pechstein of Germany and teammate Renate Groenewold.

Ireen Wüst was elected as the best Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 2006.[1]

She also became the female skater of the year. The male skater of the year was Sven Kramer. [2]

2006 Olympic Games in Turin

At the Olympics her first distance was the 3000 m[3] where Wüst surprisingly beat Groenewold and Cindy Klassen of Canada and became the youngest olympic champion from the Netherlands in the history of the Winter Olympics. She missed out the podium in the 1000 m finishing 4th. At her last event the 1500 m she won a bronze medal behind Cindy Klassen and Kristina Groves of Canada. At her last event of the season the 2006 World Allround Championships, Wüst ended 4th after she had been ill a few days before the tournament.

Season 2006-2007

Wüst started the season with two titles and one second place at the 2007 Dutch Distance Championships. She also won the 2007 Dutch Allround Championships.The 2007 European Championships were a big disappointment for Wüst, she was comfortably leading the championships after 3 of 4 distances but was beaten by Martina Sáblíková who skated a great 5000 m. The next weekend she competed in the 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Hamar receiving the silver medal again but this one she didn't expected before the start. She took her big revenge for the European Championships when she became World Allround Champion during the 2007 World Allround Championships for the homecrowd in Heerenveen. She won the 2006-07 Speed Skating World Cup in the 1500 m after winning two of the six races, she also won the 1000 m during the World Cup Final in Calgary. At the 2007 World Distance Championships she won gold medals in the 1000 m, breaking the national record, and the 1500 m. With Renate Groenewold and Paulien van Deutekom she won silver in the team pursuit behind Canada.

Season 2007-2008

After a difficult start of the season Ireen Wüst did win the European title all round in January 2008.[4] Her main competitor this year was Paulien van Deutekom. Martina Sáblíková who won in 2007 by a surprisingly good 5000 m, won the 5000 m this year but wasn't that big of a competition this time because she had lost too much time in the other distances. Wüst ended 2nd behind van Deutekom during the World Allround Championships in Berlin. In Nagano during the 2008 World Distance Championships she won the gold medal in the team pursuit alongside Groenewold and Van Deutekom. Wüst won only one world race this season, the 1500 m in Hamar.

2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver

At the Olympics she won a gold medal at the 1500 m.[5]

Records

Personal Records

Personal records
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 38.44 2007-02-09 Netherlands
Heerenveen
1000 m 1:13.83 March 11, 2007 United States
Salt Lake City 		NR
1500 m 1:52.38 March 3, 2007 Canada
Calgary 		ER
3000 m 3.59,74 March 9, 2007 United States
Salt Lake City
5000 m 6:57.87 January 13, 2008 Russia
Kolomna
Women's team pursuit 2:59.18 March 10, 2007 United States
Salt Lake City

Source: www.ireenwust.nl [6]

References

  1. ^ "Bos en Wüst sporters van het jaar". www.rtl.nl. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 22/02/2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "Kramer en Wüst – natúúrlijk- schaatsers van het jaar". schaatsen.blog.nl. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 14/02/2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Ireen Wust Biography". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 12/02/2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ "Kramer and Wüst win at European Championships". www.nytimes.com. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 22/02/2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "Speed skating, Women's 1500 m". www.vancouver2010.com. 22 February 2010. Retrieved 22/02/2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Ireen Wust Prestaties". www.ireenwust.nl. Retrieved 22/02/2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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Awards
Preceded by Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
2006 		Succeeded by
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