Rintje Ritsma

He has won the World Allround Championships 4 times. He won this title in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2001; he was second in 1998 and 2003; he was third in 1993, 1994 and 2000. He has won the European Allround Championships a record 6 times: 1994-1996 and 1998-2000. He participated in five Winter Olympics, winning two silver and four bronze medals, from the 1994, 1998 and 2006 Games. He also stood at the top of the alltime world ranking, the Adelskalender, for a long time (1,125 days in total). ==Records==

World records Over the course of his career, Ritsma skated 4 world records: Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com Personal records Source: SpeedskatingResults.com ==Tournament overview==

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On 1 December 2013 in Astana, Kazakhstan, Sven Kramer won his 30th ISU World Cup event thus surpassing Ritsma as the most successful Dutch World Cup speed skater. Source: :– = Did not participate :* = 10000 meter ==Medals won==