Douwe de Vries

Douwe de Vries

De Vries (center) in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1982-06-14) 14 June 1982 (age 34) Heerenveen, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	2007
Coached by	Jac Orie
Medal record World Championships 2015 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2016 Sochi Team pursuit 2017 Gangneung Team pursuit 2015 Heerenveen 5000 m

Douwe de Vries (born 14 June 1982) is a Dutch professional marathon speed skater and long track speed skater. He is a member of the commercial team of LottoNL-Jumbo.

In 2007 De Vries won the Willem Poelstra Trophy for the greatest talent in marathon skating.

On 6 December 2014 he finished third at the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3 – Men's 5000 metres.

In 2015 and 2016 he won the gold medal in the team pursuit event at the World Single Distance Championships.

In March 2015 De Vries improved the world hour record, set by Casper Helling on 15 March 2007 at 41,969 meter, bringing it to 42,252 meter.

He is currently in 24th position in the adelskalender.

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com