Ireen Wüst

Ireen Wüst (Dutch pronunciation: [iˈreːn ʋyst]; born 1 April 1986) is a Dutch long track allround speed skater.

Ireen Wüst

Wüst in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	1 April 1986 Goirle, Netherlands
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Website	ireenwust.nl
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m
Club	IJsclub Tilburg TVM Schaatsploeg Reggeborgh
Turned pro	2005
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing the Netherlands Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 5 5 1 World Allround 7 4 2 World Sprint 0 1 0 World Distance 14 15 1 European Allround 5 4 2 Total 31 29 6 Olympic Games 2006 Turin 3000 m 2010 Vancouver 1500 m 2014 Sochi 3000 m 2014 Sochi Team pursuit 2018 Pyeongchang 1500 m 2014 Sochi 1000 m 2014 Sochi 1500 m 2014 Sochi 5000m 2018 Pyeongchang 3000m 2018 Pyeongchang Team pursuit 2006 Turin 1500m World Allround Championships 2007 Heerenveen Allround 2011 Calgary Allround 2012 Moscow Allround 2013 Hamar Allround 2014 Heerenveen Allround 2017 Hamar Allround 2020 Hamar Allround 2008 Berlin Allround 2015 Calgary Allround 2016 Berlin Allround 2018 Amsterdam Allround 2009 Hamar Allround 2010 Heerenveen Allround World Sprint Championships 2007 Hamar Sprint World Single Distance Championships 2007 Salt Lake City 1000 m 2007 Salt Lake City 1500 m 2008 Nagano Team pursuit 2011 Inzell 1500m 2011 Inzell 3000m 2012 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2013 Sochi 1500m 2013 Sochi 3000m 2013 Sochi Team pursuit 2016 Kolomna Team pursuit 2017 Gangneung 3000m 2017 Gangneung Team pursuit 2019 Inzell 1500 m 2020 Salt Lake City 1500 m 2007 Salt Lake City Team pursuit 2009 Vancouver 1500m 2009 Vancouver Team pursuit 2011 Inzell 1000m 2011 Inzell Team pursuit 2012 Heerenveen 1500m 2013 Sochi 1000m 2013 Sochi 5000m 2015 Heerenveen 1500m 2015 Heerenveen 3000m 2015 Heerenveen Team pursuit 2016 Kolomna 3000m 2017 Gangneung 1500m 2019 Inzell Team pursuit 2020 Salt Lake City Team pursuit 2012 Heerenveen 3000m European Championships 2008 Kolomna Allround 2013 Heerenveen Allround 2014 Hamar Allround 2015 Chelyabinsk Allround 2017 Heerenveen Allround 2020 Heerenven 1500 m 2020 Heerenven Team pursuit 2007 Collalbo Allround 2010 Hamar Allround 2011 Collalbo Allround 2020 Heerenven Team sprint 2016 Minsk Allround 2006 Hamar Allround 2012 Budapest Allround

Wüst is the youngest Dutch Olympic gold medalist in the history of the Winter Games. At the age of nineteen, on 12 February 2006, she won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000 metre event; four years later at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games she won the 1500 metre event; at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games she won two gold and three silver medals, making her the most decorated athlete at the Sochi Games.[1] Following her most recent victory in the 1500 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics she has won a record eleven Olympic medals, more than any other speed skater, making her the most successful athlete of the Netherlands at the Olympics. She is also a seven-time world allround champion, a fourteen-time world single distance champion, and a five-time European allround champion. In 2014, she was elected by Reuters as the Sportswoman of the World.

Skating career

Wüst debuted at the 2004 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships in November 2003 with ninth place in both the 500m and 1500m events. At the end of the season she won the silver medal in the world junior championships in Roseville, Minnesota, USA. The next season she qualified for the 2004–05 World Cup during the 2005 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships with fifth place in the 1000m and fourth place in the 1500m. With a third place at the 2005 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships she qualified for her first international senior tournament, the 2005 European Championships in Heerenveen. There she came fourth and secured herself a spot in the Dutch team for the 2005 World Allround Championships in Moscow, Russia, where she finished in fifth place. She then became World Junior Champion in Seinäjoki, Finland.

Season 2005–2006

Before the start of the season Wüst signed a deal with TVM and started training under the guidance of Gerard Kemkers. At the 2006 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships, which also served as the Olympic Trials, Wüst won the 1000m, 1500m and 3000m, which gave her a spot in the Dutch Olympic Team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Before the Olympics she started in the 2006 European Championships in Hamar where she won the bronze medal behind Claudia Pechstein of Germany and team mate Renate Groenewold.

Olympic Games in Turin

At the 2006 Olympics her first distance was the 3000 metres[2] where Wüst beat Groenewold and Cindy Klassen of Canada and became the youngest olympic champion from the Netherlands in the history of the Winter Olympics. She missed out the podium in the 1000 metres finishing fourth. At her last event the 1500 metres she won a bronze medal behind Cindy Klassen and Kristina Groves of Canada. At her last event of the season the 2006 World Allround Championships, Wüst finished fourth after she had been ill a few days before the tournament.[3]

After the end of the season Wüst was elected as the best Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 2006.[4] She was also elected female skater of the year.

Season 2006–2007

Wüst started the season with two titles and one second place at the 2007 Dutch Distance Championships. She also won the 2007 Dutch Allround Championships. At the 2007 European Championships Wüst led the championships after 3 of 4 distances but was beaten by Martina Sáblíková. The next weekend she competed in the 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Hamar, again winning the silver medal. She became World Allround Champion during the 2007 World Allround Championships for the home crowd in Heerenveen. She won the 2006–07 World Cup in the 1500m after winning two of the six races, as well as the 1000m during the World Cup Final in Calgary. At the 2007 World Distance Championships she won a gold medal in the 1000m, breaking the national record, and another in the 1500m. With Renate Groenewold and Paulien van Deutekom she won silver in the team pursuit behind Canada.

Season 2007–2008

After a difficult start to the season Wüst won the European allround title in January 2008.[5] Her main competitor this year was Paulien van Deutekom. Wüst finished second behind van Deutekom during the World Allround Championships in Berlin. In Nagano during the 2008 World Distance Championships she won the gold medal in the team pursuit alongside Groenewold and Van Deutekom. Wüst won only one world race this season, the 1500m in Hamar.

2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver

At the 2010 Winter Olympics she won a gold medal in the 1500 metres.[6]

2014 Olympic Games in Sochi

At the 2014 Winter Olympics she won gold medals in the 3000 metres and in the team pursuit, and silver medals in the 1000m, 1500m and 5000m.[7][8]

2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang

At the 2018 Winter Olympics she won a gold medal in the 1500 metres and a silver medal in the 3000 metres. Her 1500m gold medal was her fourth consecutive medal at this distance at the Olympics, and this was the fourth Olympics in a row in which she won an individual gold medal, the first time this was achieved by a Winter Olympian.[9] She also became the second speed skater to win the Olympic 1500 metres twice (after Lidiya Skoblikova in 1960 and 1964), and the first Dutch athlete to win five gold medals and ten medals overall at the Olympics.[10] She also became the first speed skater, male or female, to win eleven Olympic medals, and the first female Winter Olympian to win nine individual medals.

Personal records

Personal records[11]
Women's speed skating
Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
500m	38.44	9 February 2007	Heerenveen
1000m	1:12.64	15 February 2020	Salt Lake City
1500m	1:50.718	10 March 2019	Salt Lake City	ER
3000m	3:58.01	12 February 2011	Calgary
5000m	6:54.28	19 February 2014	Sochi
Team pursuit	2:56.02	17 November 2013	Salt Lake City	ER

She is currently in 4th position on the adelskalender[12] with a score of 156.436 points.

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Sprint	Dutch Championship Allround	European Championships Allround	World Championships Allround	World Championships Sprint	World Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Cup GWC	World Championships Junior Allround	European Championships Single Distances
2003–2004	9th 500m 9th 1500m									ROSEVILLE 11th 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall Team pursuit
2004–2005	5th 1000m 4th 1500m		500m 5th 3000m 1500m 5th 5000m overall	HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 3000m 1500m 6th 5000m 4th overall	MOSCOW 5th 500m 4th 3000m 1500m 6th 5000m 5th overall				28th 1500m	SEINÄJOKI 500m 1500m 1000m 3000m overall Team pursuit
2005–2006	1000m 1500m 3000m			HAMAR 5th 500m 4th 3000m 1500m 4th 5000m overall	CALGARY 5th 500m 7th 3000m 1500m 7th 5000m 4th overall			TURIN 4th 1000m 1500m 3000m 6th Team pursuit	7th 1000m 1500m 25th 3/5km 5th Team pursuit
2006–2007	4th 500m 1000m 1500m 3000m		500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	COLLALBO 500m 3000m 1500m 6th 5000m overall	HEERENVEEN 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	HAMAR 14th 500m 1000m 10th 500m 1000m overall	SALT LAKE CITY 1000m 1500m 5th 3000m Team pursuit		29th 500m 6th 1000m 1500m 6th 3/5km Team pursuit
2007–2008	8th 500m 1000m 1500m 4th 3000m	5th 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m overall	500m 3000m 4th 1500m 5000m overall	KOLOMNA 4th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	BERLIN 500m 4th 3000m 1500m 4th 5000m overall	HEERENVEEN 19th 500m 1000m 19th 500m 1000m 6th overall	NAGANO 9th 1000m 7th 1500m Team pursuit		42nd 500m 1000m 1500m 7th 3/5km
2008–2009	10th 500m 6th 1000m 1500m DQ 3000m	13th 500m 7th 1000m DNS 500m DNQ 1000m NC overall	500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 7th 3000m 4th 1500m 5th 5000m 6th overall	HAMAR 500m 7th 3000m 1500m 8th 5000m overall		VANCOUVER 1500m Team pursuit		36th 1000m 6th 1500m Team pursuit
2009–2010	6th 500m 5th 1000m 1500m 3000m			HAMAR 4th 500m 3000m 1500m 5th 5000m overall	HEERENVEEN 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 7th 5000m overall			VANCOUVER 8th 1000m 1500m 7th 3000m 6th Team pursuit	53rd 500m 19th 1000m 6th 1500m 9th 3/5km 5th Team pursuit
2010–2011	NC 500m 5th 1000m 1500m 3000m	5th 500m 1000m 8th 500m 1000m 4th overall		COLLALBO 6th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	CALGARY 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	HEERENVEEN 13th 500m 1000m 16th 500m 1000m 7th overall	INZELL 1000m 1500m 3000m Team pursuit		5th 1000m 1500m 9th 3/5km Team pursuit
2011–2012	1000m 1500m 3000m	8th 500m 1000m 9th 500m 1000m 5th overall		BUDAPEST 500m 5th 3000m 6th 1500m 5000m overall	MOSCOW 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall		HEERENVEEN 5th 1000m 1500m 3000m Team pursuit		5th 1000m 1500m 8th 3/5km 6th Team pursuit Grand World Cup
2012–2013	6th 1000m 1500m 3000m	10th 500m 1000m 11th 500m 1000m 5th overall	500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	HEERENVEEN 4th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	HAMAR 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall		SOCHI 1000m 1500m 3000m 5000m Team pursuit		12th 1000m 1500m 6th 3/5km Team pursuit Grand World Cup
2013–2014	1000m 1500m 3000m	8th 500m 1000m 7th 500m DQ 1000m NC overall		HAMAR 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	HEERENVEEN 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall			SOCHI 1000m 1500m 3000m 5000m Team pursuit	6th 1000m 1500m 6th 3/5km Team pursuit Grand World Cup
2014–2015	1000m 1500m 3000m	13th 500m 1000m DNS 500m DNS 1000m NC overall	500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	CHELYABINSK 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	CALGARY 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall		HEERENVEEN 4th 1000m 1500m 3000m Team pursuit		6th 1000m 4th 1500m 3/5km Team pursuit 4th Grand World Cup
2015–2016	1000m 1500m 3000m	11th 500m 1000m 12th 500m 1000m 6th overall		MINSK 500m 3000m 1500m 4th 5000m overall	BERLIN 4th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall		KOLOMNA 6th 1000m 4th 1500m 3000m Team pursuit		20th 1500m 17th 3/5km Team pursuit
2016–2017	10th 500m 1000m 1500m 3000m	5th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m overall		HEERENVEEN 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall	HAMAR 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall		GANGNEUNG 1500m 3000m Team pursuit		11th 1000m 4th 1500m 9th 3/5km Team pursuit
2017–2018	1000m 1500m 3000m				AMSTERDAM 9th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall			GANGNEUNG 9th 1000m 1500m 3000m Team pursuit	16th 1000m 7th 1500m 12th 3/5km Team pursuit
2018–2019	1000m 1500m 3000m			COLLALBO 4th 500m 7th 3000m 5th 1500m 7th 5000m 4th overall	CALGARY 500m 6th 3000m 1500m 7th 5000m 5th overall		INZELL 1500m 5th 3000m Team pursuit		53rd 500m 8th 1000m 1500m 24th 3/5km 4th Team pursuit Team sprint
2019–2020	1000m 1500m 5th 3000m				HAMAR 4th 500m 3000m 1500m 5000m overall		SALT LAKE CITY 4th 1000m 1500m Team pursuit		14th 1000m 1500m		HEERENVEEN 5th 1000m 1500m Team pursuit Team prsuit

Source:[13]

World Cup overview

Season	500 meter
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007	8th	–	14th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2007–2008	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1st(b)
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020

Season	1000 meter
2004–2005
2005–2006	6th	–	–	–	–
2006–2007				–	–	–	–	–	–
2007–2008	7th	8th	12th	6th	4th					4th
2008–2009	16th	13th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009–2010	1st(b)	5th	16th	–	–	–	16th
2010–2011		5th	–	–	–	–
2011–2012	11th	5th	7th		5th		–
2012–2013	–	–	–	–	–	5th			–
2013–2014	7th		–	–	–
2014–2015		6th	–	4th	5th	–	–
2015–2016
2016–2017	5th	6th	–	5th	–	–	–
2017–2018	11th	14th	–	–	4th	–
2018–2019	5th	4th	4th	8th	–	6th
2019–2020	7th	5th	–	10th	–

Season	1500 meter
2004–2005	–	–	–	1st(b)	–
2005–2006	6th	7th	4th	–
2006–2007			–
2007–2008	5th	13th	–	5th		–
2008–2009	8th	7th	–		4th	11th
2009–2010	11th			12th	9th	–
2010–2011			–
2011–2012						–
2012–2013	–*	–	–
2013–2014			–
2014–2015				4th	–	–
2015–2016	–	–	–	–	4th	–
2016–2017			–		–	–
2017–2018	4th	–	4th	–		–
2018–2019	4th				–	4th
2019–2020

Season	3000/5000 meter
2004–2005
2005–2006	–	–	–*	1st(b)	–
2006–2007			–		–*	–
2007–2008	9th	7th	–*		–*	–
2008–2009
2009–2010	11th	6th	–*	6th	4th	–
2010–2011	4th	8th	–*		–*	–
2011–2012		4th	–*		–*	–
2012–2013	8th	–	–		–*
2013–2014		–	–*			–
2014–2015		–*				–
2015–2016	–	–*	–	–		–
2016–2017	7th	5th	–	–*		–
2017–2018	6th	–		–	–
2018–2019	6th	6th	–*
2019–2020

Season	Team pursuit
2004–2005
2005–2006	–		–
2006–2007		–
2007–2008	–	–	–	–
2008–2009			–
2009–2010		–	4th	–
2010–2011		–
2011–2012		DNF	–	–
2012–2013	–	–
2013–2014				–
2014–2015			–
2015–2016
2016–2017		–	–
2017–2018		–	–	–
2018–2019		–	4th
2019–2020			–

Source:[14]

– = Did not participate

* = 5000m

(b) = Division B

DNF = Did not finish

DQ = Disqualified

NC = No classification

DVQ =Did not qualify

Medals won

updated March 2020

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Dutch Single Distances [in Dutch]	18	9	6	35
Dutch Allround Classification [in Dutch]	4	1	1	6
Dutch Allround Single Distances] [in Dutch]	11	5	5	21
Dutch Sprint Classification [in Dutch]	1	1	0	2
Dutch Sprint Single Distances [in Dutch]	9	4	1	14
European Allround Classification	5	4	2	11
European Allround Single Distances	16	12	6	34
Olympic Games	5	5	1	11
World Single Distances	14	15	1	30
World Allround	7	4	2	13
World Allround Single Distances	17	22	9	48
World Sprint Classification	0	1	0	1
World Sprint Single Distances	1	5	0	6
World Cup 500 meter	0	0	0	0
World Cup 1000 meter	4	9	6	19
World Cup 1500 meter	25	12	6	43
World Cup 3000/5000 meter	6	6	7	19
World Cup Team pursuit	13	8	1	22
World Cup Single Distances total	48	35	20	103
World Cup classification	4	2	7	13
World Junior	1	1	0	2

References

1. "Ireen WÜST – Olympic Speed skating – Netherlands". International Olympic Committee. 17 February 2018.
2. "Ireen Wust Biography". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
3. "Wüst vierde halverwege WK allround" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 18 March 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
4. "Bos en Wüst sporters van het jaar" (in Dutch). rtl.nl. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
5. "Kramer and Wüst win at European Championships". The New York Times. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
6. "Results of the 2010 Olympic Games 1500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
7. Kevin Oklobzija (9 February 2014). "Ireen Wust wins 3,000; Olga Graf claims Russia's first Sochi medal". USA Today.
8. "Speedskating: Versatile Jorien ter Mors beats Ireen Wust, leads another Dutch sweep". The Washington Post. 16 February 2014.
9. "Dutch speed skating GOAT makes Michael Phelpsian Winter Olympics history". Yahoo! Sports. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
10. "Speed skating: Wust powers to 1,500m gold for record 10th medal". Reuters. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
11. https://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=687
12. "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
13. https://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/ireen-wuest/
14. https://app.isuresults.eu/events

External links

• Official website
• Ireen Wüst at the International Skating Union
• Ireen Wüst at International Olympic Committee
• Ireen Wüst at Olympic Channel
• Ireen Wüst at Olympedia
• Ireen Wüst at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
• Ireen Wüst at Cycling Archives
• Ireen Wüst in SpeedSkatingBase.eu
• Ireen Wüst at SpeedSkatingNews.info
• Ireen Wüst at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Ireen Wüst at Munzinger Sports Archives (in German)
• Photos of Ireen Wüst