Esmee Visser

Esmee Visser
Visser in 2020
Personal information
Full nameEsmee Michelle Visser
NationalityDutch
Born (1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 28)
Leiden, Netherlands
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)3000 m, 5000 m
ClubTalentNED
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Pyeongchang 5000 m
World Single Distances Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Inzell 5000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Salt Lake City 5000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Kolomna 3000 m
Gold medal – first place 2020 Heerenven 3000 m

Esmee Michelle Visser (Dutch pronunciation: [ɛsˈmeː ˈvɪsər]; born 26 January 1996) is a Dutch speed skater and Olympic Champion, who specialises in long distances.

Born in Leiden, she qualified for the 5000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics in December 2017.[1] At the 2018 European Championships, she won the 3000 metres in her second-ever international race.[2] On 16 February 2018, she won the gold medal in the women's 5000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics with a time of 6:50.23.[3][4]

Visser in 2017

At the first competition weekend of the 2018–19 ISU World Cup in Obihiro, Japan, she won the 3000m event, the first World Cup victory of her career.[5]

Personal records

Personal records[6]
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 41.42 25 January 2020 Thialf, Heerenveen
1000 m 1:19.81 19 January 2019 Thialf, Heerenveen
1500 m 1:57.69 27 January 2019 Thialf, Heerenveen
3000 m 3:54.02 9 March 2019 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
5000 m 6:45.73 23 February 2019 Olympic Oval, Calgary

At the end of the 2019–20 speed skating season, Visser occupied the 43rd position on the adelskalender with a points total of 160.226

Source:[7]

Tournament overview

Season Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances 		Dutch
Championships
Allround 		World
Championships
Junior 		Dutch
Championships
Junior 		European
Championships
Single
Distances 		World
Championships
Single
Distances 		Olympic
Games 		World
Cup
GWC
2013–14 31st 500m
4th 1500m
21st 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
9th overall

2014–15
22nd 500m
17th 3000m
20th 1500m
DNQ 5000m
17th overall
WARSAW
22nd 1500m
7th 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit
22nd 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
8th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
4th overall
2015–16 21st 1500m
16th 3000m		 20th 500m
10th 3000m
11th 1500m
DNQ 5000m
11th overall
2016–17 18th 1500m
9th 3000m
6th 5000m		 20th 500m
9th 3000m
12th 1500m
DNQ 5000m
12th overall

2017–18
11th 3000m
5th 5000m
KOLOMNA
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
GANGNEUNG
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m

2018–19
4th 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
17th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
5th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
INZELL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000/5000m

2019–20
11th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
16th 500m
5th 3000m
DNP 1500m
DNP 5000m
NC overall
HEERENVEEN
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
SALT LAKE CITY
5th 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
45th 1500m
10th 3000/5000m
2020–21 11th 3000m
4th 5000m		 20th 500m
4th 3000m
16th 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
8th overall

Source:[8][9][10]

  • DNQ : Did not qualify for the 5000m distance
  • DNP : Did not participate
  • GWC : Grand World Cup
  • NC : No classification

World Cup overview

Season 1500m
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20 – – 7th(b) – –
Season 3000/5000 meter
2017–18 – 1st (b) – – – –
2018–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) 12th 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4th 4th 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019–20 9th 5th 4th – 6th 8th

Source:[11]

  • (b) = Division B
  • – = Did not participate

Medals won

Championship Gold
1st place, gold medalist(s) 		Silver
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 		Bronze
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dutch Allround Classification 0 0 1
Dutch Allround Distances 2 0 0
Dutch Single Distances 3 0 0
World Single Distances 1 1 1
World Cup 3000/5000m 2 1 0
World Cup Classification 0 1 0
European Single Distances 1 0 0
Olympic Games 1 0 0
World Junior Team Pursuit 1 0 0

References

  1. ^ Lisette van der Geest (30 December 2017). "Visser: Wanneer zijn de Olympische Spelen eigenlijk?". AD (in Dutch).
  2. ^ "ISU European Championships 2018 – Result 3000m Ladies". International Skating Union (ISU). 6 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Speed Skating Event Schedule – Ladies' 5,000m". 18 February 2018. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Esmee Visser wins women's 5,000 as Dutch claim more speedskating gold". Japan Times. 16 February 2018.
  5. ^ "First career World Cup gold for Olympic Champion Visser". International Skating Union (ISU). 18 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Esmee Visser". speedskatingresults.com.
  7. ^ "Adeld". evertstenlund.se.
  8. ^ "Esmee Visser". SpeedSkatingNews.
  9. ^ "Esmee Visser". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Esmee Visser". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  11. ^ "ISU Speed Skating Results - Live".