Esmee Michelle Visser (; born 26 January 1996) is a Dutch

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

and Olympic Champion, who specialises in long distances. Born in

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, she qualified for the 5000 metres at the

2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), officially the XXIII Olympic Winter Games (french: Les XXIIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; ko, 제23회 동계 올림픽, Jeisipsamhoe Donggye Ollimpi ...

in December 2017. At the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburgh hosting the diving events and Gleneagles ...

, she won the 3000 metres in her second-ever international race. 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. Esmee visser-1514676292

At the first competition weekend of the 2018–19 ISU World Cup in

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, Japan, she won the 3000m event, the first World Cup victory of her career.

Personal records

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:

Tournament overview

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

World Cup overview

Source: * (b) = Division B *– = Did not participate

Medals won

References

External links

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Eurosport profile

iSkate profile
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