Irene Wüst
Irene Wüst was born in 1986. She followed the typical career of talented speed skaters in The Netherland. She reached the top even a bit faster than the others. In the season 2003/4 she became second in the world championships for juniors. In the next year she and Sven Kramer became members of the national team “Jong Orange”.
In 2006 they became members of the commercial TVM skate group. This meant that they had sufficient financial support to live like a full time speed skater.. In that year she became already fifth in the World championship Allround for seniors and she won the 3000m during the Olympic games.
In 2007 she became, just as Sven Kramer, for the first time the winner in the All-round world championships. She repeated this success 7 times till 2022. As we mentioned before she competed especially with Martina Sablikova for this title. While Irene Wüst was especially good in the shorter distances Martina Sablikova was better on the longer distances. Therefore, Ireen won also many gold medals on the shorter distances.Martina won many medals on the longer ditances.
In the video below they compete during an Allround championship on the 5000 meters
In 2006 they became members of the commercial TVM skate group. This meant that they had sufficient financial support to live like a full time speed skater.. In that year she became already fifth in the World championship Allround for seniors and she won the 3000m during the Olympic games.
In 2007 she became, just as Sven Kramer, for the first time the winner in the All-round world championships. She repeated this success 7 times till 2022. As we mentioned before she competed especially with Martina Sablikova for this title. While Irene Wüst was especially good in the shorter distances Martina Sablikova was better on the longer distances. Therefore, Ireen won also many gold medals on the shorter distances.Martina won many medals on the longer ditances.
In the video below they compete during an Allround championship on the 5000 meters