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Sven Kramer

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Sven Kramer (Dutch pronunciation: [sfɛŋ ˈkraːmər]; born 23 April 1986) is a retired Dutch long track speed skater who has won an all-time record nine World Allround Championships as well as a record ten European Allround Championships. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meters at the Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics, and won a record 21 gold medals at the World Single Distance Championships; eight in the 5000 meters, five in the 10,000 meters, and eight in the team pursuit. Kramer used to be the world record holder in the team pursuit (alongside Douwe de Vries and Marcel Bosker) and broke the world records in the 5000 meter and 10,000 meter events three times. By winning the 2010 World Allround Championship, Kramer became the first speed skater in history to win four consecutive world allround championships and eight consecutive international all round championships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2024). Sven Kramer is the 206th most popular skater (down from 185th in 2024), the 1,131st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 1,075th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Dutch Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Sven Kramer ranks 206 out of 483. Before him are Sylvia Albrecht, Evgenia Radanova, Denis Ten, Olaf Zinke, Christopher Dean, and Kamila Valieva. After him are Yulia Lipnitskaya, Roman Kostomarov, Scott Hamilton, Sasha Cohen, Dagmar Lurz, and Geir Karlstad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Sven Kramer ranks 377. Before him are Pablo Cuevas, Nita Strauss, Manuel da Costa, Shawn Pyfrom, Camilla Herrem, and Jung Eun-chae. After him are R3hab, No Min-woo, Cheick Tioté, Keisuke Sekiguchi, Sui Ishida, and Salwan Momika.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Sven Kramer ranks 1,134 out of 1,646. Before him are Joshua Zirkzee (2001), Ben Wijnstekers (1955), Tim Krul (1988), Jan van Steenbergen (1970), Mario Melchiot (1976), Timothy Fosu-Mensah (1998), Alexander Pechtold (1965), Jelle Nijdam (1963), and Gökhan Saki (1983). After him are Erik van Rossum (1963), Jacco Eltingh (1970), and Andries Noppert (1994).

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Among SKATERS In Netherlands

Among skaters born in Netherlands, Sven Kramer ranks 12. Before him are Kees Broekman (1927), Ans Schut (1944), Carry Geijssen (1947), Annie Borckink (1951), Petra Burka (1946), and Ireen Wüst (1986). After him are Jutta Leerdam (1998), Ids Postma (1973), Jan Bos (1975), Rintje Ritsma (1970), Leo Visser (1966), and Marianne Timmer (1974).

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