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7 unusual facts about Sven Kramer


2008–09 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres

Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won the cup, while the defending champion, Håvard Bøkko of Norway, came second, and Bob de Jong of the Netherlands came third.

2011–12 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres

Bob de Jong successfully defended his title from the previous season, while his countrymen Sven Kramer and Jorrit Bergsma came second and third, respectively.

2012–13 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's 5000 and 10000 metres

The medallists were the same as the previous season, however in a different order: Jorrit Bergsma won the cup, while his countrymen Bob de Jong – the defending champion – and Sven Kramer came second and third, respectively.

2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 1 – Men's 5000 metres

Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won, followed by fellow Dutchman Jorrit Bergsma in second place, and Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea in third place.

2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3 – Men's 10000 metres

Sven Kramer of the Netherlands won the race, extending his winning streak from the start of the season, while Alexis Contin of France came second, and Patrick Beckert of Germany came third.

Hjalmar Andersen

In each of those three years, he became World Allround Champion, making him one of only five male skaters to have won this title in three consecutive years – the other four being Oscar Mathisen (1912–1914), Ard Schenk (1970–1972), Eric Heiden (1977–1979), and Sven Kramer (2007–2010).

Lasse Sætre

Sætre is currently one of only four skaters to have skated the 10,000m more than once in a time of under 13 minutes, along with Chad Hedrick, Sven Kramer and Carl Verheijen, and among those four was the second to achieve it (after Hedrick).


Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's team pursuit

At the 2013 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships the track record was at 3:42.03 by the team of the Netherlands consisting of Jan Blokhuijsen, Sven Kramer, and Koen Verweij.


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