Nils van der Poel
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Full name | Nils Göran van der Poel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Trollhättan, Sweden | 25 April 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 5,000 m, 10,000 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SK Trollhättan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nils Göran van der Poel (born 25 April 1996) is a Swedish speed skater who is the current world record holder and reigning world champion in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events.
Poel won the 2014 World Junior Championships in Bjugn, Norway.[1] He finished 14th in the men's 5000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] On 2 June 2018, it was announced that he would take a break from speed skating.[3][4] From 2018 to 2019, van der Poel completed the basic ranger course in the Army Ranger Battalion in Arvidsjaur, Sweden.[5]
He became world champion at 5000 meters event at the World Championship on 11 February 2021,[6] the first medal for Sweden in 38 years,[7] and the first gold in 48 years.[8] Three days later he also won the 10,000 meters event in a new world record.
Personal records[]
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Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500 meter | 37.87 | 7 January 2017 | Heerenveen | |
1000 meter | 1:13.92 | 15 November 2014 | Hamar | |
1500 meter | 1:47.18 | 5 December 2021 | Salt Lake City | |
3000 meter | 3:51.12 | 15 November 2014 | Inzell | |
5000 meter | 6:01.56 | 3 December 2021 | Salt Lake City | WR |
10000 meter | 12:32.95 | 14 February 2021 | Heerenveen | WR |
Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[9]
References[]
- ^ "Svensk JVM-guld på 5000 meter skridsko". Expressen (in Swedish). 9 March 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Nils van der Poel". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ Hellmark, Ellen; Lagergren, Bernt (2 June 2018). "Skridskotalangen tar en paus" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ Salihi, Skoob (2 June 2018). "Nils van der Poel tar en paus" (in Swedish). Sveriges radio. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ van der Poel, Nils (2021). "ATT SKRIVA FÖRLUSTANMÄLAN PÅ SIN SJÄL" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (1): 72. SELIBR 4109339.
- ^ "World Cup gold for van der Poel". Nord News. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Nils van der Poel inskriven i historieböckerna". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Nils van der Poel världsmästare på 5000 meter". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Nils van der Poel". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
External links[]
- Nils van der Poel in SpeedSkatingBase.eu
- Nils van der Poel at SpeedSkatingNews.info
- Nils van der Poel at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- Nils van der Poel at the Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish)
- Nils van der Poel at Olympedia
- Nils van der Poel at the International Skating Union
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Swedish male speed skaters
- Olympic speed skaters of Sweden
- Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- People from Trollhättan Municipality
- World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships medalists
- Speed skaters at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics
- Swedish people of Dutch descent