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Egbert Rolf ("Erben") Wennemars (born November 1 1975 in Dalfsen
Dalfsen

Media:Nl-Dalfsen.ogg is a municipality and a town in the Salland region of the Netherlands province of Overijssel.The present municipality of Dalfsen was created on 1 January 2001 through the merger of Nieuwleusen with Dalfsen....
) is a Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 speed skater
Speed skating

Speed skating or speedskating is a competition form of skating in which the competitors racing each other in travelling a certain distance on skating....
. He specializes in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters.

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
List of speed skating records

This list of speed skating records is an overview of the current speed skating records in its various events....
.

During the 1998 Winter Olympics
1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan....
 in Nagano where Wennemars was qualified for the 500, 1000 and 1500 m, he dislocated his shoulder when Grunde Njøs from Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 fell and collided with Wennemars during the second 500 m race.






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Egbert Rolf ("Erben") Wennemars (born November 1 1975 in Dalfsen
Dalfsen

Media:Nl-Dalfsen.ogg is a municipality and a town in the Salland region of the Netherlands province of Overijssel.The present municipality of Dalfsen was created on 1 January 2001 through the merger of Nieuwleusen with Dalfsen....
) is a Dutch
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 speed skater
Speed skating

Speed skating or speedskating is a competition form of skating in which the competitors racing each other in travelling a certain distance on skating....
. He specializes in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters.

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
List of speed skating records

This list of speed skating records is an overview of the current speed skating records in its various events....
.

During the 1998 Winter Olympics
1998 Winter Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1998 in Nagano, Japan....
 in Nagano where Wennemars was qualified for the 500, 1000 and 1500 m, he dislocated his shoulder when Grunde Njøs from Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
 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
World Single Distance Championships

The World Single Distance Championships are a series of speed skating competitions organised by the International Skating Union....
 in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
 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
2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006....
 in Turin
Turín

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. His teammates for the team pursuit were Sven Kramer
Sven Kramer

Sven Kramer is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the current KNSB Dutch Allround Championships, European Speed Skating Championships for Men, and World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men....
, Carl Verheijen
Carl Verheijen

Carl Eduard Verheijen is a Netherlands speed skating specializing in the longer distances 5,000-m and the 10,000-m. Verheijen is the son of skater Eddy Verheijen and has a relation with retired skater Andrea Nuyt in Leusden....
, Mark Tuitert
Mark Tuitert

Mark Tuitert is a Netherlands Speed Skating.Tuitert won a bronze medal in the team pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics. His team mates for the team pursuit were: Sven Kramer, Carl Verheijen, Erben Wennemars and Rintje Ritsma...
 and Rintje Ritsma
Rintje Ritsma

Robert Rintje Ritsma is a Netherlands long track speed skating Speed skating. His nickname is the Beer van Lemmer, which translates to the Bear from Lemmer....
.

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.

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
Calgary

Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and High Plains, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies....
5000m 6.28,42 August 13, 2005 Calgary
Calgary

Calgary is the largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and High Plains, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies....
10000m 13.35,67 February 11, 2007 Heerenveen
Heerenveen

Heerenveen is a municipality and a town in the province of Friesland , in the north of the Netherlands....


Medals

Championship
Dutch Single Distance Championships
KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships

The Dutch Single Distance Championships of speed skating, organised by the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond, is the official Netherlands championship to determine the Dutch champion over a single distance, in contrast to the KNSB Dutch Allround Championships, which determine the Dutch samalog champion....
 10 11 9
Dutch Sprint Championships 3 1 3
Dutch Allround Championships 0 0 1
Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the Winter Olympics

Speed skating has been featured as a sport in the Winter Olympics since the 1924 Winter Olympics in 1924. Women's events were added to the Olympic program for the first time in 1960 Winter Olympics....
 0 0 2
World Single Distance Championships
World Single Distance Championships for Men

The International Skating Union has organised the World Single Distance Championships for Men since 1996....
 5 2 3
World Allround Championships
World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men

The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1893. Unofficial Championships were held in the years 1889-1892....
 0 0 0
World Sprint Championships
World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men

The International Skating Union has organised the World Sprint Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1970. The first two years , they were called the ISU Sprint Championships....
 2 0 2


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