Rintje Ritsma
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s Speed Skating | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 1994 Lillehammer | 1,500 m | |
| Silver | 1998 Nagano | 5,000 m | |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | 5,000 m | |
| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | 1,500 m | |
| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | 10,000 m | |
| Bronze | 2006 Turin | team pursuit | |
| World Championships | |||
| Men's speed skating | |||
| Gold | 1995 Baselga di Pinè | allround | |
| Gold | 1996 Inzell | allround | |
| Gold | 1997 Warsaw | 1,500 m | |
| Gold | 1997 Warsaw | 5,000 m | |
| Gold | 1999 Hamar | allround | |
| Gold | 2001 Budapest | allround | |
| Silver | 1997 Warsaw | 10,000 m | |
| Silver | 1998 Heerenveen | allround | |
| Silver | 1998 Calgary | 5,000 m | |
| Silver | 2003 Gothenburg | allround | |
| Bronze | 1993 Hamar | allround | |
| Bronze | 1994 Gothenburg | allround | |
| Bronze | 1999 Heerenveen | 1,500 m | |
| Bronze | 2000 Milwaukee | allround | |
| European Championships | |||
| Men's speed skating | |||
| Gold | 1994 Hamar | allround | |
| Gold | 1995 Heerenveen | allround | |
| Gold | 1996 Heerenveen | allround | |
| Gold | 1998 Helsinki | allround | |
| Gold | 1999 Heerenveen | allround | |
| Gold | 2000 Hamar | allround | |
| Silver | 1997 Heerenveen | allround | |
| Silver | 2003 Heerenveen | allround | |
| Bronze | 1992 Heerenveen | allround | |
| Bronze | 1993 Heerenveen | allround | |
Robert Rintje Ritsma (born April 13, 1970 in Lemmer) is a Dutch long track speed skater. His nickname is the Beer van Lemmer, which translates to the Bear from Lemmer.
He has won the World Allround Championships 4 times. He won this title in 1995, 1996,1999 and 2001; he was second in 1998 and 2003; he was third in 1993, 1994 and 2000.
He has won the European Allround Championships a record 6 times: 1994-1996 and 1998-2000.
He has won two silver and four bronze medals at the Winter Olympics, from the 1994, 1998 and 2006 Games.
He also stood at the top of the alltime world ranking, the Adelskalender, for a long time (1,125 days in total).
[edit] World records
Over the course of his career, Ritsma skated 4 world records:
| Distance | Result | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,500 m | 1:51.60 | 8 January 1994 | Hamar |
| Big combination | 156.201 | 9 January 1994 | Hamar |
| 1,500 m | 1.48.88 | 20 December 1997 | Heerenveen |
| Big combination | 152.651 | 7 February 1999 | Hamar |
[edit] Personal records
| Distance | Result | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 500 m | 35.90 | 20 February 1999 | Hamar |
| 1,000 m | 1:10.19 | 20 February 1999 | Hamar |
| 1,500 m | 1:45.86 | 19 February 2002 | Hamar |
| 3,000 m | 3:49.29 | 11 March 2004 | Heerenveen |
| 5,000 m | 6:20.26 | 19 November 2005 | Salt Lake City |
| 10,000 m | 13:28.19 | 17 February 1998 | Hamar |
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| Preceded by Ådne Søndrål |
Oscar Mathisen Award 1999 |
Succeeded by Gianni Romme |
| Leaders of the Adelskalender |
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Rudolf Ericsson - Peder Østlund - Jaap Eden - Oscar Mathisen - Ivar Ballangrud - Michael Staksrud - Åke Seyffarth - Nikolay Mamonov - Hjalmar Andersen - Boris Shilkov - Dmitriy Sakunenko - Juhani Järvinen - Knut Johannesen - Jonny Nilsson - Per Ivar Moe - Eduard Matusevich - Ard Schenk - Kees Verkerk - Magne Thomassen - Hans van Helden - Vladimir Lobanov - Jan Egil Storholt - Sergey Marchuk - Vladimir Belov - Eric Heiden - Viktor Shasherin - Andrej Bobrov - Nikolay Gulyayev - Michael Hadschieff - Eric Flaim - Johann Olav Koss - Falko Zandstra - Rintje Ritsma - Gianni Romme - Jochem Uytdehaage - Chad Hedrick |
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