Erben Wennemars
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Erben Wennemars during the
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| Born | 1 November 1975 Dalfsen, Netherlands |
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| Website | www.erbenwennemars.nl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Netherlands |
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| Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Egbert Rolf ("Erben") Wennemars (born 1 November 1975) is a Dutch former speed skater. He specialized in the sprint and middle distances of 500, 1000 and 1500 meters.
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Speed skating career
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.
During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano where Wennemars was qualified for the 500, 1000 and 1500 m, he dislocated his shoulder when Grunde Njøs from Norway fell and collided with Wennemars during the second 500 m race. Wennemars was not able to participate in the other distances after that.
Wennemars achieved his first big success in 2003 during the World Single Distance Championships in Berlin 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 in Turin. His teammates for the team pursuit were Sven Kramer, Carl Verheijen, Mark Tuitert and Rintje Ritsma.
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. After failing to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics he announced his farewell from competitive skating.[1] On January 11, 2010, Erben Wennemars officially retired as a speed-skating professional.
Personal life
Wennemars is married to TV-presenter Renate van der Zalm, with whom he has two sons: Joep and Niels.[2]
Personal records
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| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500 m | 34,68 | 22 January 2005 | Salt Lake City | |
| 1000 m | 1.07,33 | 12 January 2003 | Salt Lake City | |
| 1500 m | 1.42,32 | 9 November 2007 | Salt Lake City | |
| 3000 m | 3.41,84 | 13 August 2005 | Calgary | |
| 5000 m | 6.28,42 | 13 August 2005 | Calgary | |
| 10000 m | 13.35,67 | 11 February 2007 | Heerenveen | |
| Team Pursuit | 3:37.80 | 11 March 2007 | Salt Lake City | With C.Verheijen and S.Kramer |
Medals
| Championship |  |
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| Dutch Single Distance Championships | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| Dutch Sprint Championships | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Dutch Allround Championships | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Winter Olympics | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| World Single Distance Championships | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| World Allround Championships | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| World Sprint Championships | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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| Preceded by | Dutch Sportsman of the Year 2003 |
Succeeded by Pieter van den Hoogenband |
| Preceded by | Ard Schenk Award 2003, 2004, 2005 |
Succeeded by Bob de Jong |
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Dalfsen
- Dutch male speed skaters
- Speed skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
- Former world record holders in speed skating
- Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics
