Esmee Visser

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

Esmee Visser

Visser in 2020
Personal information
Full name	Esmee Michelle Visser
Nationality	Dutch
Born	(1996-01-27) 27 January 1996 (age 28) Leiden, Netherlands
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Event(s)	3000 m, 5000 m
Club	TalentNED
Medal record Women's speed skating Representing the  Netherlands Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang 5000 m World Single Distances Championships 2019 Inzell 5000 m 2020 Salt Lake City 5000 m European Championships 2018 Kolomna 3000 m 2020 Heerenven 3000 m

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 3000m 9th overall
2014–15		22nd 500m 17th 3000m 20th 1500m DNQ 5000m 17th overall	WARSAW 22nd 1500m 7th 3000m Team pursuit	22nd 500m 1500m 8th 1000m 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 3000m		GANGNEUNG 5000m
2018–19	4th 3000m 5000m	17th 500m 3000m 5th 1500m 5000m overall				INZELL 5000m		3000/5000m
2019–20	11th 1500m 3000m 5000m	16th 500m 5th 3000m DNP 1500m DNP 5000m NC overall			HEERENVEEN 3000m	SALT LAKE CITY 5th 3000m 5000m		45th 1500m 10th 3000/5000m
2020–21	11th 3000m 4th 5000m	20th 500m 4th 3000m 16th 1500m 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		12th		4th	4th
2019–20	9th	5th	4th	–	6th	8th

Source:^[11]

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

Medals won

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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".

External links

• Media related to Esmee Visser at Wikimedia Commons
• Esmee Visser at the International Skating Union
• Esmee Visser in SpeedSkatingBase.eu (archived)
• Esmee Visser at SpeedSkatingNews.info
• Esmee Visser at SpeedSkatingStats.com
• Esmee Visser at Olympics.com
• Esmee Visser at Olympedia
• Esmee Visser at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
• Eurosport profile
• iSkate profile