Once again the scales tipped over to the Dutch. This time it was Sven Kramer, son of previous
speedskater Yep Kramer (silver medal in the European Allround Championship 1983), who was
dominating the longer distanses. In December 2004 he won the Dutch Allround Championships at just
18 years old. Sven became World Allround Champion 2007-2009, and was European Champion during
the same years. His only individual Olympic medal so far is from Turin 2006; a silver
medal on 5000 m (after Chad Hedrick). To date, he also has 6 individual
gold medals from Single Distance World Championships.
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