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Sven Kramer
Sven Kramer during the World Allround Championships in Heerenveen in 2007

Country	Netherlands
Date of birth	April 23, 1986
Place of birth	Heerenveen, Netherlands
Turned pro	2003
Website	www.svenkramer.nl

Sven Kramer (born April 23, 1986 in Heerenveen) is a Dutch long track speed skater. He is the current Dutch, European, and World Allround Champion. He also is the reigning world champion and world record holder on the 5,000 m, 10,000 m and the team pursuit (with Carl Verheijen and Erben Wennemars). He is also the leader in the Adelskalender (rankinglist of personal records) as of November 17, 2007.

1 Personal life
2 Speed skating
3 Personal records
4 World records
5 Tournament summary
6 External links

Personal life

Sven Kramer is born on April 23, 1986 in Heerenveen, Friesland, Netherlands. He is the son of former speed skater Yep Kramer, and the four year older brother of speed skater Brecht Kramer. Previously he had relationships with Olympian speed skater Annette Gerritsen and with top model Doutzen Kroes.

Speed skating

Medal record
Olympic Games
Men's speed skating
Silver	2006 Turin	5000 m
Bronze	2006 Turin	Team pursuit
World Championships
Men's speed skating
Gold	2007 Heerenveen	Allround
Gold	2007 Salt Lake City	5000 m
Gold	2007 Salt Lake City	10000 m
Gold	2007 Salt Lake City	Team pursuit
Bronze	2005 Moscow	Allround
Bronze	2006 Calgary	Allround
European Championships
Men's speed skating
Gold	2007 Collalbo	Allround
Silver	2005 Heerenveen	Allround

In December 2004 he won the Dutch Allround Championships and thus qualified for the European Allround Championships for the first time, where he won the silver medal. At the World Allround Championships 2005 he became third. At the end of that season he signed a contract with the Dutch TVM-team. Kramer set a new world record for the 5,000 m in Salt Lake City on November 19, 2005. With his time of 6:08.78 he also entered the top 10 of the alltime world ranking, the Adelskalender. On February 11, 2006 he won the silver medal at the 5,000 m at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Kramer also participated in the team pursuit event. The Dutch team was favored and was leading Italy by nearly a full second in their semifinal matchup, but Kramer stepped on a block and fell, taking Carl Verheijen with him. In the race for bronze, they defeated Norway, giving Kramer his second medal of the Games. During the 2006 World Allround Championships in Calgary, Kramer set a new world record on the 10,000 m with a time of 12:51.61. Kramer won both the two longest distances at the championships, but had to settle with bronze overall. In the 2006-2007 season, Sven Kramer won the first two 5000 m world cup races, the second in 6:09.78, just above his world record time. In December 2006 he again became national allround champion, where a personal record on the 500 m, his weakest distance, gave him great perspective for the international allround championships. On January 14 2007, Kramer was crowned European Allround Champion in Collalbo, Italy. There had been a tight battle between Kramer and the 2006 winner Enrico Fabris. Fabris had won the two short and Kramer the two long distances, but his overall score was lower than Fabris' (148.800 to 149.389). In addition, his times on the 5 and 10 km were new world records for outdoor skating. By skating a new personal best on the 1500 m Kramer overtook fellow Dutchman Jochem Uytdehaage and Enrico Fabris on the Adelskalender. On the Adelskalender he is ranked first as of 17 November 2007. On 11 February 2007, Kramer became world allround champion for the first time. He skated the 500 m and the 10 km in personal bests, the latter in a new world record of 12:49.88. At the world championships of 2007 in Salt Lake City, Kramer participated at the 5000, 10000 meters and the team pursuit. He got 3 out of 3, the 10000 and the team pursuit in world records.

Personal records

Personal records
Men's Speed skating
Distance	Time	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	36.41	2007-02-09	Heerenveen
1,000 m	1:11.16	2006-12-10	Collalbo
1,500 m	1:43.99	2007-11-09	Salt Lake City
3,000 m	3:37.15	2007-11-17	Calgary	Also the unofficial World Record
5,000 m	6:03.32	2007-11-17	Calgary	Also the World Record
10,000 m	12:41.69	2007-03-10	Salt Lake City	Also the World Record
Team Pursuit	3:37.80	2007-03-11	Salt Lake City	With C.Verheijen and E.Wennemars

World records

Distance	Result	Date	Location
5,000 m	6:08.78	Nov 19 2005	Salt Lake City
10,000 m	12:51.61	Mar 19 2006	Calgary
10,000 m	12:49.88	Feb 11 2007	Heerenveen
5,000 m	6:07.48	Mar 03 2007	Calgary
10,000 m	12:41.69	Mar 10 2007	Salt Lake City
5,000 m	6:03.32	Nov 17 2007	Calgary
3,000 m	3:37.15	Nov 17 2007	Calgary

Tournament summary

year	Dutch Distance	Dutch Allround	European	Olympics	World Distance
03/04
04/05	16th 1500 m 4th 5000 m
05/06	1500 m 5000 m 10000 m	-	4th	15th 1500 m 5000 m 7th 10000 m team pursuit
06/07	1500 m 5000 m 10000 m				5000 m 10000 Team Pursuit
07/08	1500 m 5000 m 10000 m

- = no participation Kramer is senior speed skater since 2006 and does not participate at junior tournaments anymore.

In the World Cup, Kramer has seven individual victories and three team pursuit victories; he also won the long distance World Cup in the 2006–07 season..