Douwe de Vries

Douwe de Vries
	De Vries (center) in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Dutch
Born	14 June 1982; Heerenveen, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	5000 m
Club	STG Stiens
Turned pro	2007
Coached by	Jac Orie
World Single Distances Championships

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.

Career

In 2007 De Vries won the Willem Poelstra Trophy for the greatest talent in marathon skating.[1]

On 6 December 2014 he finished third at the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3 – Men's 5000 metres.[2]

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.[3]

Personal records

Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
Personal records[4]
Speed skating
500 meter	36.46	2 March 2019	Calgary
1000 meter	1:10.45	28 February 2015	Calgary
1500 meter	1:43.63	7 February 2020	Calgary
3000 meter	3:39.46	6 March 2013	Calgary
5000 meter	6:08.46	8 February 2020	Calgary	Quartet start
10000 meter	12:55.10	27 January 2019	Heerenveen

At the end of the 2019–2020 season, De Vries occupied the 21st position on the adelskalender with 146.604 points.[5]

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	European Championships Allround	World Championships Allround	World Championships Single Distances	World Cup
2002–2003	20th 1000m	18th 500m 18th 5000m 18th 1500m DNQ 10000m 19th overall
2003–2004	26th 1000m 24th 1500m 18th 5000m	18th 500m 23rd 5000m 17th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall(23)
2004–2005	30th 1500m 18th 5000m
2011–2012	5th 5000m 4th 10000m					8th 5000m/10000m
2012–2013	7th 5000m 8th 10000m	14th 500m 6th 5000m 12th 1500m DNQ 10000m 12th overall
2013–2014	11th 1500m 6th 5000m 6th 10000m	9th 500m DQ 5000m 7th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall	HAMAR 20th 500m 5000m 10th 1500m 7th 10000m 7th overall			40th 1500m 6th 5000m/10000m Team pursuit
2014–2015	9th 1500m 4th 5000m 7th 10000m	11th 500m 4th 5000m 6th 1500m 4th 10000m 5th overall		CALGARY 20th 500m 7th 5000m 14th 1500m 6th 10000m 6th overall	SOCHI 5000m Team pursuit	33e 1500m 7th 5000m/10000m Team pursuit
2015–2016	10th 1500m 5000m 7th 10000m	7th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall	MINSK 19th 500m 13th 5000m DNS 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall		HEERENVEEN 9th 5000m Team pursuit	40th 1500m 7th 5000m/10000m Team pursuit
2016–2017	11th 1500m 5000m		HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 6th 5000m 11th 1500m 4th 10000m 5th overall		KOLOMNA 4th 5000m Team pursuit	22nd 1500m 6th 5000m/10000m
2017–2018	7th 5000m 8th 10000m
2018–2019	5th 1500m 4th 5000m 10000m Mass start	8th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall	COLLALBO 11th 500m 7th 5000m 8th 1500m 10000m 7th overall	CALGARY 10th 500m 4th 5000m 5th 1500m 5th 10000m 4th overall	INZELL 14th Mass start Team pursuit	32nd 1500m 15th 1500m 4th Team pursuit
2019–2020	8th 1500m 5th 5000m	9th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall			SALT LAKE CITY Team pursuit	31st 1500m 21st 5000m Team pursuit

DQ = Disqualified

NC = No classification

DNQ = Did not qualify for the final distance

DNS =Did not start

World Cup overview

Season	1500meter
2011– 2012
2012– 2013
2013– 2014	–	–	5th (b)	–	–
2014– 2015	–	–	–	–	2nd (b)	–
2015– 2016	–	–	–	–	6th(b)
2016– 2017	2nd (b)	14th	–	–	18th	–
2017– 2018
2018– 2019	14th	16th	–	–	–
2019– 2020	–	2nd(b)	–	3rd(b)	–

Season	5000meter/10000meter
2011– 2012	10th	9th	5th*	–	4th*	6th
2012– 2013
2013– 2014	–	2nd(b)	1st(b)	5th	4th	5th	–	–
2014– 2015	7th	6th*		10th		8th
2015– 2016	6th	–*	4th	6th	7th	DNF		–
2016– 2017	6th		–	5th*	4th	8th
2017– 2018
2018– 2019	8th	15th	–	12th	8th
2019– 2020	2nd(b)	9th	–	–	1st(b)	–

Season	Team pursuit
2011– 2012
2012– 2013
2013– 2014	–	–
2014– 2015
2015– 2016	DNF		–
2016– 2017			–
2017– 2018
2018– 2019			–
2019– 2020		–	–

– = Did not participate

DNF = Did not finish

(b) = Division B

* = 10000 meter

Medals won

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dutch Single Distances	1	0	3
Dutch Allround Classification	1	1	0
Dutch Allround Event	3	1	2
European Allround Classification	0	0	0
European Allround Event	0	1	1
World Allround Classification	0	0	0
World Allround Event	0	0	0
World Cup 1500m	0	0	0
World Cup 5000m	0	1	2
World Cup 10000m	0	0	0
World Cup Team Pursuit	7	2	1
World Cup Classification	2	1	0
World Single Distances	4	0	1

References

Lisette van der Geest. "Profiel: Douwe 'Harke' de Vries" (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl.
"ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 – Berlin (GER) Day 2". International Skating Union (ISU). 6 December 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
"Douwe de Vries zet werelduurrecord op zijn naam" (in Dutch). NOS. 13 March 2016.
"Douwe de Vries". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
"Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 28 January 2019.

External links

Douwe de Vries at the International Skating Union
Douwe de Vries in SpeedSkatingBase.eu

Douwe de Vries at SpeedSkatingNews.info

Douwe de Vries at SpeedSkatingStats.com

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[1] Lisette van der Geest. "Profiel: Douwe 'Harke' de Vries" (in Dutch). Schaatsen.nl.

[2] "ISU World Cup Speed Skating 2014/15 – Berlin (GER) Day 2". International Skating Union (ISU). 6 December 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

[3] "Douwe de Vries zet werelduurrecord op zijn naam" (in Dutch). NOS. 13 March 2016.

[4] "Douwe de Vries". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

[adelskalender-5] "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 28 January 2019.