Erben Wennemars Explained

Erben Wennemars
Headercolor:	d7ecff
Country:	Netherlands
Birth Date:	1 November 1975
Birth Place:	Dalfsen, Netherlands
Turnedpro:	1995
Retired:	2010

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, and set six world records during his career.^[1]

Speed skating career

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, Japan, 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, Germany, by winning the gold medal at the 1000 m and 1500 m. One year later he became world champion in sprint in Nagano. In 2005 he defended his world sprint title successfully in Salt Lake City, United States.

Wennemars qualified for the 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and the team pursuit events at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. 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.^[2] On 11 January 2010, Wennemars officially retired as a speed-skating professional.

Records

World records

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Sprint	Dutch Championships Allround	World Championships Allround	World Championships Sprint	World Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Cup GWC	World Championships Junior Allround
1994–95	16th 500m 14th 1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		25th 500m 31st 1500m 14th 1000m DNQ 5000m NC overall(24th)
1995–96	DQ 500m 6th 1000m 5th 1500m	14th 500m 7th 1000m 11th 500m 7th 1000m 10th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
1996–97	500m 1000m 1500m	4th 500m 1000m 4th 500m 4th 1000m overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		22nd 500m 28th 1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
1997–98	500m 1000m 1500m	500m 1000m 500m 4th 1000m overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		9th 500m 6th 1000m 6th 500m 1000m overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE			10th 500m 7th 1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
1998–99	500m 4th 1000m 7th 1500m 20th 5000m	500m 5th 1000m 500m 1000m overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		13th 500m 4th 1000m 5th 500m 1000m 5th overall	500m 4th 1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		14th 500m 5th 1000m 18th 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
1999–2000	500m 1000m 7th 1500m	16th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m 4th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		4th 500m 5th 1000m 4th 500m 1000m 5th overall	10th 500m 6th 1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		6th 500m 4th 1000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2000–01	500m 1000m 1500m	500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		4th 500m 1000m 15th 500m 1000m 5th overall	18th 500m 6th 1000m 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		10th 500m 5th 1000m 4th 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2001–02	500m 1000m 4th 1500m	500m 4th 1000m 500m 1000m overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		8th 500m 6th 1000m 6th 500m 1000m 5th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE			10th 500m 5th 1000m 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2002–03	500m 1000m 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		4th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m overall	500m 1000m 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		500m 1000m 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2003–04	500m 1000m 1500m	500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		9th 500m 1000m 7th 500m 1000m overall	11th 500m 1000m 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		11th 500m 1000m 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2004–05	500m 1000m 1500m	23rd 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m 21st overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		4th 500m 4th 1000m 500m 1000m overall	9th 500m 9th 1000m 7th 1500m team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		9th 500m 1000m 1500m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2005–06	500m 1000m 1500m	6th 500m 6th 1000m 5th 500m 4th 1000m 4th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			27th 500m 8th 1000m 8th 1500m team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2006–07	500m 7th 1000m 4th 1500m	5th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall				14th 500m 4th 1000m 1500m team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		27th 100m 13th 500m 1000m 1500m team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2007–08	500m 1000m 1500m	15th 500m 1000m 500m 4th 1000m 5th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		41st 100m 27th 500m 9th 1000m 4th 1500m team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2008–09		5th 500m 1000m 6th 500m 1000m overall		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		25th 1000m 10th 1500m 7th team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2009–10		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		26th 1500m team pursuit	bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2013–14		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE

source: ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

DNS = Did not start

DNF = Did not finish

DQ = Disqualified

NC = No classification

World Cup

100 meter*










27th	21st	15th
25th	–	–

500 meter
36th	30th	18th(b)	17th(b)	24th(b)	12th(b)	17th(b)	23rd(b)	1st(b)	13th	2nd(b)	14th
9th	4th	9th	13th		–	–
24th	7th	–	–	5th		–	16th	13th
16th	9th	14th	6th	4th	4th	4th	4th	9th
15th	14th	15th	7th	6th	4th	7th	10th	19th	–
14th	6th	10th	–	–	13th	5th	14th	19th
10th	7th	4th	5th	–				6th
5th		14th	8th	8th	12th	–	–	12th	12th	12th	10th
16th	14th	7th	8th		8th	10th	10th	15th	9th
58th	17th	–	–	7th(b)	17th(b)	–	–	1st(b)	6th	–	–
27th	DQ	7th	13th*	11th*	9th*	14th	16th	14th	4th	8th	16th	–
13th	18th	18th	19th	3rd(b)*	–	17th	18th	–	–	–	–	–	–

1000 meter
26th	19th	18th(b)	9th(b)	7th(b)	19th(b)	14th(b)	18th(b)	1st(b)
4th	6th	7th	10th	4th	–	–
5th	7th	–	–	4th	5th	5th	4th	4th
11th	5th	4th		14th	7th	6th		9th
10th	13th	5th	9th		5th			11th	14th
5th		19th			6th	20th
	4th					6th

	15th	4th
5th		–	–	5th	–	–	9th		–
	4th								7th
5th	9th	11th		DQ	5th	7th	–	–	11th
8th	4th	5th	4th	–	–	–	DNF	–	–

1500 meter


–	1st(b)	–	7th	–

5th		19th	5th	20th
	5th	–			4th
	4th	–			–
		4th	4th
		9th
8th		7th	11th

	4th		8th	6th	10th	10th
	5th	4th	–	–	–
18th	1st(b)	–	–	DQ

Team pursuit









	–	–
	–	–
–			–
DNF	–	–
–	–	4th

Source:^[7]

(b) = Division B

DNF = Did not finish

DQ = Disqualified

= 100m (first 100 meters of the World Cup 500 meter)

– = Did not participate

Medals won

Total number of medals: 198

Personal life

Wennemars is married to TV-presenter Renate van der Zalm, with whom he has two sons: Joep and Niels.^[8]

Notes and References

Web site: Erben Wennemars . SpeedSkatingStats.com . 4 May 2016.
News: "Afscheid Erben Wennemars bij NK kortebaan" . nl.
Web site: Erben wennemars. speedskatingstats.com . 16 November 2022.
Web site: Erben Wennemars. speedskatingnews.info . 23 November 2022.
Web site: Erben Wennemars. speedskatingresults.com . 23 November 2022.
Web site: International Skating Union. ISU.org. 23 November 2022.
Web site: ISU Speed Skating Results - Live.
News: Vrouw Wennemars: Erben heeft nieuw doel: de Elfstedentocht . nl . ad.nl . 2010-01-05 . 2010-01-11.