Sven Kramer

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Sven Kramer
Sven Kramer

Sven Kramer during the World Allround Championships in Heerenveen in 2007
Country Netherlands
Date of birth April 23, 1986
Place of birth Heerenveen, Netherlands
Turned pro 2003
Website www.svenkramer.nl

Sven Kramer (born April 23, 1986 in Heerenveen) 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 (with Wouter Olde Heuvel and Erben Wennemars). He is also the leader in the Adelskalender (rankinglist of personal records) as of November 17, 2007.

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[edit] Personal life

Sven Kramer was born on April 23, 1986 in Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands. He is the son of former speed skater Yep Kramer, and the four year older brother of speed skater Brecht Kramer.

There were rumours about Sven Kramer having a relationship with topmodel Doutzen Kroes.

Kramer is currently dating Naomi Van As, a hockeyplayer in the Dutch national hockeyteam.

[edit] Speed skating

Medal record
Olympic Games
Men's speed skating
Silver 2006 Turin 5000 m
Bronze 2006 Turin Team pursuit
World Championships
Men's speed skating
Gold 2007 Heerenveen Allround
Gold 2007 Salt Lake City 5000 m
Gold 2007 Salt Lake City 10000 m
Gold 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit
Gold 2008 Berlin Allround
Gold 2008 Nagano 5000 m
Gold 2008 Nagano 10000 m
Gold 2008 Nagano Team pursuit
Silver 2008 Nagano 1500 m
Bronze 2005 Moscow Allround
Bronze 2006 Calgary Allround
European Championships
Men's speed skating
Gold 2007 Collalbo Allround
Gold 2008 Kolomna Allround
Silver 2005 Heerenveen Allround

[edit] 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 on November 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, the Adelskalender. 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.


[edit] Olympic Games Turin

On February 11, 2006 he won the silver medal in the 5,000 m at the 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, taking Carl Verheijen with him. In the race for bronze, they defeated Norway, giving Kramer his second medal of the Games.

Kramer also partcipated 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.

[edit] Season 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 in Calgary, 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.

[edit] Season 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 in Collalbo, Italy. There had been a tight battle between Kramer and the 2006 winner Enrico 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 Dutchman Jochem Uytdehaage and Enrico Fabris on the Adelskalender. On the Adelskalender he is ranked first as of 17 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.

[edit] Season 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.

[edit] 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 and Shani 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.

[edit] Skater 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.

[edit] Personal records

Personal records
Men's Speed skating
Distance Time Date Location Notes
500 m 36.20 2008-01-12 Kolomna
1,000 m 1:11.16 2006-12-10 Collalbo
1,500 m 1:43.99 2007-11-09 Salt Lake City
3,000 m 3:37.15 2007-11-17 Calgary Also the unofficial World Record
5,000 m 6:03.32 2007-11-17 Calgary Also the World Record
10,000 m 12:41.69 2007-03-10 Salt Lake City Also the World Record
Team Pursuit 3:37.80 2007-03-11 Salt Lake City With C.Verheijen and E.Wennemars

[edit] World records

Distance Result Date Location
5,000 m 6:08.78 Nov 19 2005 Salt Lake City
10,000 m 12:51.61 Mar 19 2006 Calgary
10,000 m 12:49.88 Feb 11 2007 Heerenveen
5,000 m 6:07.48 Mar 03 2007 Calgary
10,000 m 12:41.69 Mar 10 2007 Salt Lake City
5,000 m 6:03.32 Nov 17 2007 Calgary
3,000 m 3:37.15 Nov 17 2007 Calgary

[edit] Tournament summary

year Dutch Distance Dutch Allround European Olympics World Allround World Juniors World Distance
03/04
04/05 16th 1500 m
4th 5000 m
05/06 1500 m
5000 m
10000 m		 - 4th 15th 1500 m
5000 m
7th 10000 m
team pursuit
06/07 1500 m
5000 m
10000 m		 5000 m
10000 m
Team Pursuit
07/08 1500 m
5000 m
10000 m		 1500 m
5000 m
10000 m
Team Pursuit
- = 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.

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Awards
Preceded by
Cindy Klassen		 Oscar Mathisen Award
2007		 Succeeded by
not yet known
Preceded by
Theo Bos		 Dutch Sportsman of the Year
2007		 Succeeded by
Incumbent