Nils van der Poel

Nils Göran van der Poel (born 25 April 1996) is a Swedish speed skater who is the current world record holder and reigning world champion in the 5,000 m and 10,000 m events.

Nils van der Poel
Personal information
Full nameNils Göran van der Poel
NationalitySwedish
Born (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996
Trollhättan, Sweden
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountrySweden
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)5,000 m, 10,000 m
ClubSK Trollhättan
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Sweden
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Distance 2 0 0
Total 2 0 0
World Single Distances Championships
2021 Heerenveen5,000 m
2021 Heerenveen10,000 m

Poel won the 2014 World Junior Championships in Bjugn, Norway.[1] He finished 14th in the men's 5000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] On 2 June 2018, it was announced that he would take a break from speed skating.[3][4] From 2018 to 2019, van der Poel completed the basic ranger course in the Army Ranger Battalion in Arvidsjaur, Sweden.[5]

He became world champion at 5000 meters event at the World Championship on 11 February 2021,[6] the first medal for Sweden in 38 years,[7] and the first gold in 48 years.[8] Three days later he also won the 10,000 meters event in a new world record.

Personal records
Personal records
Speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 meter37.877 January 2017Heerenveen
1000 meter1:13.9215 November 2014Hamar
1500 meter1:47.185 December 2021Salt Lake City
3000 meter3:51.1215 November 2014Inzell
5000 meter6:01.563 December 2021Salt Lake CityWR
10000 meter12:32.9514 February 2021HeerenveenWR

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[9]

References
  1. "Svensk JVM-guld på 5000 meter skridsko". Expressen (in Swedish). 9 March 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  2. "Nils van der Poel". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. Hellmark, Ellen; Lagergren, Bernt (2 June 2018). "Skridskotalangen tar en paus" (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  4. Salihi, Skoob (2 June 2018). "Nils van der Poel tar en paus" (in Swedish). Sveriges radio. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  5. van der Poel, Nils (2021). "ATT SKRIVA FÖRLUSTANMÄLAN PÅ SIN SJÄL" (PDF). Försvarets forum: Personaltidning för fast anställda och reservofficerare i svenska försvarsmakten (in Swedish). Stockholm: Försvarets forum (1): 72. SELIBR 4109339.
  6. "World Cup gold for van der Poel". Nord News. 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  7. "Nils van der Poel inskriven i historieböckerna". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  8. "Nils van der Poel världsmästare på 5000 meter". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 11 February 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  9. "Nils van der Poel". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
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