Esmee Visser Explained

Esmee Visser
Headercolor:	d7ecff
Full Name:	Esmee Michelle Visser
Nationality:	Dutch
Birth Date:	27 January 1996
Birth Place:	Leiden, Netherlands
Height:	1.70 m
Weight:	51 kg
Country:	Netherlands
Event:	3000 m, 5000 m
Club:	TalentNED

Esmee Michelle Visser (pronounced as /nl/; born 26 January 1996) is a Dutch speed skater and Olympic Champion, who specialises in long distances.

Born in Leiden, she qualified for the 5000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics in December 2017.^[1] At the 2018 European Championships, she won the 3000 metres in her second-ever international race.^[2] On 16 February 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's 5000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics with a time of 6:50.23.^{[3] [4]}

At the first competition weekend of the 2018–19 ISU World Cup in Obihiro, Japan, she won the 3000m event, the first World Cup victory of her career.^[5]

Personal records

At the end of the 2019–20 speed skating season, Visser occupied the 43rd position on the adelskalender with a points total of 160.226 Source:^[6]

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	World Championships Junior	Dutch Championships Junior	European Championships Single Distances	World Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Cup GWC
2013–14	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		31st 500m 4th 1500m 21st 1000m 3000m 9th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2014–15	bgcolor=#EEEEEE			22nd 1500m 7th 3000m Team pursuit	22nd 500m 1500m 8th 1000m 3000m 4th overall	bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2015–16			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2016–17			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2017–18		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		3000m	bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE
2018–19			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		3000/5000m
2019–20			bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE				bgcolor=#EEEEEE		45th 1500m 10th 3000/5000m
2020–21				bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE		bgcolor=#EEEEEE

Source:^{[7] [8] [9]}

• DNQ : Did not qualify for the 5000m distance
• DNP : Did not participate
• GWC : Grand World Cup
• NC : No classification

World Cup overview

Season	3000/5000 meter
	–	1st (b)	–	–	–	–
		12th		4th	4th
	9th	5th	4th	–	6th	8th

Source:^[10]

• (b) = Division B
• – = Did not participate

Medals won

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	0	0	1
	2	0	0
	3	0	0
	1	1	1
	2	1	0
	0	1	0
	1	0	0
	1	0	0
	1	0	0

External links

• • • • • Eurosport profile
• iSkate profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lisette van der Geest. Visser: Wanneer zijn de Olympische Spelen eigenlijk?. AD. Dutch. 30 December 2017.
2. Web site: ISU European Championships 2018 – Result 3000m Ladies. International Skating Union (ISU). 6 January 2018.
3. Web site: Speed Skating Event Schedule – Ladies' 5,000m. 18 February 2018. 16 February 2018. 16 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180216084734/https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/game-time/results/OWG2018/en/speed-skating/event-schedule-ladies-5000m.htm. dead.
4. Web site: Esmee Visser wins women's 5,000 as Dutch claim more speedskating gold . . 16 February 2018.
5. Web site: First career World Cup gold for Olympic Champion Visser . International Skating Union (ISU) . 18 November 2018.
6. Web site: Adeld. evertstenlund.se.
7. Web site: Esmee Visser. SpeedSkatingNews.
8. Web site: Esmee Visser . speedskatingstats.com . 28 January 2021.
9. Web site: Esmee Visser . schaatsstatistieken.nl. 28 January 2021.
10. Web site: ISU Speed Skating Results - Live.