Ireen Wüst

Medal record
Ireen Wüst Women's Speed SkatingCompetitor for Netherlands Olympic GamesBronze 2006 Turin 1500 metresGold 2006 Turin 3000 metresWorld Championships Gold 2007 Heerenveen Allround Silver 2007 Hamar Sprint Gold 2007 Salt Lake City 1500 metres Gold 2007 Salt Lake City 1000 metres Silver 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit World's Junior Championships Gold 2005 Seinäjoki Allround Silver 2004 Roseville Allround

Ireen Wüst (born April 1, 1986 in Goirle, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch long track allround speed skater.

On February 12, 2006, the 19-year old Wüst won the gold medal in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000-meter event. She is the youngest Dutch Olympic champion in Winter Games history.

Her allround successes include a World Champion title in 2007, as well as silver and bronze at the European Championships.

After a difficult start of the season Ireen Wust did win the European title all round in January 2008. Her biggest concurrent this year was Paulien van Deutekom. Martina Sablikova who won last year by a surprisingly good 5000 m, won the 5000 m this year but wasn't that big of a competition.

Personal records Women's speed skatingDistance Time Date Location Notes 500 m 38.44 2007-02-09Heerenveen 1000 m 1:13.83 2007-03-11Salt Lake City 1500 m 1:52.38 2007-03-03Calgary 3000 m 3.59,74 2007-03-09Salt Lake City 5000 m 6:57.87 2008-01-13Kolomna Women's team pursuit 3:03.65 2006-02-15Turin

External links

v • d • e Olympic champions in women's 3000 m speed skating1960: Lidia Skoblikova · 1964: Lidia Skoblikova · 1968: Ans Schut · 1972: Stien Baas-Kaiser · 1976: Tatyana Averina · 1980: Bjørg Eva Jensen · 1984: Andrea Schöne · 1988: Yvonne van Gennip · 1992: Gunda Niemann · 1994: Svetlana Bazhanova · 1998: Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann · 2002: Claudia Pechstein · 2006: Ireen Wüst

Awards Preceded by
Edith van Dijk Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
2006Succeeded by
Marleen Veldhuis

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