- Sven Kramer
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name = Sven Kramer
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caption = Sven Kramer during the World Allround Championships inHeerenveen in 2007
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birth_date =April 23 ,1986
birth_place =Heerenveen ,Netherlands
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website = [http://www.svenkramer.nl/ www.svenkramer.nl]
medaltemplates =Sven Kramer (born
April 23 ,1986 inHeerenveen ) is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the current Dutch, European, and World Allround Champion. He is also the reigning world champion and world record holder in the 5,000 m, 10,000 m and the team pursuit (withWouter Olde Heuvel andErben Wennemars ). He is also the leader in theAdelskalender (rankinglist of personal records) as ofNovember 17 ,2007 .Personal life
Sven Kramer was born on
April 23 ,1986 inHeerenveen ,Friesland ,Netherlands . He is the son of former speed skaterYep Kramer , and the four year older brother of speed skaterBrecht Kramer .He was in a relationship with fellow Dutch speed skater
Annette Gerritsen , but the couple has split. There were rumours about Sven Kramer having a relationship with topmodelDoutzen Kroes .Kramer is currently dating
Naomi van As , a hockeyplayer in the Dutch national hockeyteam.peed skating career
Junior time
In December 2004 he won the
Dutch Allround Championships at just 18 years old and thus qualified for the European Allround Championships for the first time, where he won the silver medal. At the World Allround Championships 2005 he came third. Kramer got second at the Junior Worldchampionships Allround. At the end of that season he signed a contract with the Dutch TVM-team.Kramer set a new world record for the 5,000 m in
Salt Lake City onNovember 19 ,2005 when he was 19 years old. With his time of 6:08.78 he also entered the top 10 of the alltime world ranking, theAdelskalender . This season he became the Junior Allround champion.Kramer stopped skating in the junior competition and became a senior speed skater when he was 20 years old.
Olympic Games Turin
On
February 11 ,2006 he won the silver medal in the 5,000 m at the 2006 Winter Olympic in Turin. Kramer also participated in the team pursuit event. The Dutch team was favourite and was leading Italy by nearly a full second in their semifinal matchup, but Kramer stepped on a block and fell, takingCarl Verheijen with him. In the race for bronze, they defeatedNorway , giving Kramer his second medal of the Games.Kramer also participated in two other distances, the 1500 and the 10.000 meter. Due to a screw in his skate, that broke just a few minutes before his race, Kramer became 15th. The 10.000 meters did not go as planned at all, he became 7th. Afterwards, Kramer stepped on the concrete with his skates out of frustration, damaging the blades.
eason 2005-2006
During the 2006 European Allround Championships in
Hamar , Norway, Kramer got to the fourth place after a tournament full of accidents. On the first day, the ice melted and the skaters had to wait until later in the evening to continue skating. During the 2006 World Allround Championships inCalgary , Kramer set a new world record in the 10,000 m with a time of 12:51.61. Kramer won both the two longest distances at the championships, but had to settle with bronze overall.eason 2006-2007
In the 2006-2007 season, Sven Kramer won the first two 5000 m world cup races, the second in 6:09.78, just outside his world record time. In December 2006 he again became national allround champion, where a personal record in the 500 m, his weakest distance, gave him great prospects for the international allround championships.
On
January 14 2007 , Kramer was crowned European Allround Champion inCollalbo ,Italy . There had been a tight battle between Kramer and the 2006 winnerEnrico Fabris . Fabris had won the two short and Kramer the two long distances, but his overall score was lower than Fabris' (148.800 to 149.389). In addition, his times in the 5 and 10 km were new world records for outdoor skating. By skating a new personal best in the 1500 m Kramer overtook fellow DutchmanJochem Uytdehaage and Enrico Fabris on the Adelskalender. On the Adelskalender he is ranked first as of17 November 2007 .On
11 February 2007 , Kramer became world allround champion for the first time. He skated the 500 m and the 10 km in personal bests, the latter in a new world record of 12:49.88.At the world championships of 2007 in Salt Lake City, Kramer participated in the 5000, 10000 meters and the team pursuit. He got 3 out of 3, the 10000 and the team pursuit in world records.
eason 2007 - 2008
In the first competition of the season Fabris beat Kramer on the 5000 meter and set Kramers worldrecord to 6.07,40 . A week later Kramer got his Worldrecord back and brought it to 6.03,32.
In Kolomna, Russia, Kramer won the European allround championship for the second time. On the 10th of February Kramer became Worldchampion allround in Berlin, Germany, also for the second time.
World championships Nagano
Kramer skated four distances: 1500, 5.000, 10.000 meter and the team pursuit. On the 1500 meter Kramer skated a good race and became second before Olympic champion
Fabris andShani Davis .Denny Morrison from Canada won the race.On the 5.000, 10.000 meter and the team pursuit, Kramer won three golden medals, just like last year.
kater of the year
Kramer became Skater of the year for the second time in line. The female skater of the year was Paulien van Deutekom.
Personal records
World records
Tournament summary
:"- = no participation" Kramer is senior speed skater since 2006 and does not participate at junior tournaments anymore.
In the World Cup, Kramer has seven individual victories and three team pursuit victories; he also won the long distance World Cup in the 2006–07 season.
In the season of 2007/2008, Sven won worldcups in Calgary (Canada), Heerenveen (Netherlands, 1500 and 5000 meters), Hamar (Norway), and the worldcupfinal in Heerenveen. He was not ranked first on the 5000 meters ranking, because he did not skate as much races as
Harvard Bokko , who skated all 6 worldcups.Kramer also won 2 of the competitions in the teampursuit, and won the worldcup.External links
* [http://www.svenkramer.nl/ Sven Kramer] (official website)
* [http://www.tvmschaatsploeg.nl/ Official team website]
* [http://www.fotos.desg.de/athletes.php?showAthletes=all&id=435 Photos of Sven Kramer]
* [http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s176/svenfan2/]
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