# Douwe de Vries

Douwe de Vries (born 14 June 1982) is a Dutch former professional marathon speed skater and long track speed skater. He resides in Heerenveen, Friesland. Douwe de Vries, who was a member of the commercial team of LottoNL-Jumbo, is the current holder (with Sven Kramer and Marcel Bosker) of the team pursuit world record.

## Career

In 2007, Douwe de Vries won the Willem Poelstra Trophy for the greatest talent in marathon skating.
On 6 December 2014, he finished third at the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3 – Men's 5000 metres.
In 2015 and 2016, he won the gold medal in the team pursuit event at the World Single Distance Championships.
In March 2015, Douwe de Vries improved the world hour record, set by Casper Helling on 15 March 2007 at 41,969.10 m, bringing it to 42,252.22 m.
He has a score of 146.604 points on the adelskalender.

## Records
### Personal records

Personal records :
| Speed skating |||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| 500 m | 36.46 | 2 March 2019 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 1000 m | 1:10.45 | 28 February 2015 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 1500 m | 1:43.63 | 7 February 2020 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 3000 m | 3:39.46 | 6 March 2013 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
| 5000 m | 6:08.46 | 8 February 2020 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | Quartet start |
| 10000 m | 12:55.10 | 27 January 2019 | Thialf, Heerenveen | |

### World records

World records :
| Speed skating |||||
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
| Team pursuit | 3:34.68 | 16 February 2020 | Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City | Current world record (with Sven Kramer and Marcel Bosker). |
| 1 hour | 42,252,22 m | 13 March 2015 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | World record (unofficial) until beaten by Erik Jan Kooiman on 9 December 2015. |

## Tournament overview

| Season | Dutch Championships Single Distances | Dutch Championships Allround | European Championships Allround | World Championships Allround | World Championships Single Distances | World Cup |
| 2002–03 | UTRECHT 20th 1000m | ASSEN 18th 500m 18th 5000m 18th 1500m DNQ 10000m 19th overall | | | | |
| 2003–04 | HEERENVEEN 26th 1000m 24th 1500m 18th 5000m | EINDHOVEN 18th 500m 23rd 5000m 17th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall(23) | | | | |
| 2004–05 | ASSEN 30th 1500m 18th 5000m | | | | | |
| 2011–12 | HEERENVEEN 5th 5000m 4th 10000m | | | | | 8th 5000m/10000m |
| 2012–13 | HEERENVEEN 7th 5000m 8th 10000m | HEERENVEEN 14th 500m 6th 5000m 12th 1500m DNQ 10000m 12th overall | | | | |
| 2013–14 | HEERENVEEN 11th 1500m 6th 5000m 6th 10000m | AMSTERDAM 9th 500m DQ 5000m 7th 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall | HAMAR 20th 500m 5000m 10th 1500m 7th 10000m 7th overall | | | 40th 1500m 6th 5000m/10000m team pursuit |
| 2014–15 | HEERENVEEN 9th 1500m 4th 5000m 7th 10000m | HEERENVEEN 11th 500m 4th 5000m 6th 1500m 4th 10000m 5th overall | | CALGARY 20th 500m 7th 5000m 14th 1500m 6th 10000m 6th overall | HEERENVEEN 5000m team pursuit | 33rd 1500m 7th 5000m/10000m team pursuit |
| 2015–16 | HEERENVEEN 10th 1500m 5000m 7th 10000m | HEERENVEEN 7th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | MINSK 19th 500m 13th 5000m DNS 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall | | HEERENVEEN 9th 5000m team pursuit | 40th 1500m 7th 5000m/10000m team pursuit |
| 2016–17 | HEERENVEEN 11th 1500m 5000m | | HEERENVEEN 16th 500m 6th 5000m 11th 1500m 4th 10000m 5th overall | | KOLOMNA 4th 5000m team pursuit | 22nd 1500m 6th 5000m/10000m |
| 2017–18 | HEERENVEEN 7th 5000m 8th 10000m | | | | | |
| 2018–19 | HEERENVEEN 5th 1500m 4th 5000m 10000m Mass start | HEERENVEEN 8th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | COLLALBO 11th 500m 7th 5000m 8th 1500m 10000m 7th overall | CALGARY 10th 500m 4th 5000m 5th 1500m 5th 10000m 4th overall | INZELL 14th Mass start team pursuit | 32nd 1500m 15th 1500m 4th team pursuit |
| 2019–20 | HEERENVEEN 8th 1500m 5th 5000m | HEERENVEEN 9th 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall | | | SALT LAKE CITY team pursuit | 31st 1500m 21st 5000m team pursuit |
    DQ = Disqualified
    NC = No classification
    DNQ = Did not qualify for the final distance
    DNS =Did not start
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## World Cup overview

| Season | 1500meter | 1500meter | 1500meter | 1500meter | 1500meter | 1500meter |
| 2011–12 | | | | | | |
| 2012–13 | | | | | | |
| 2013–14 | – | – | 5th(b) | – | – | |
| 2014–15 | – | – | – | – | 2nd(b) | – |
| 2015–16 | – | – | – | – | 6th(b) | |
| 2016–17 | 2nd(b) | 14th | – | – | 18th | – |
| 2017–18 | | | | | | |
| 2018–19 | 14th | 16th | – | – | – | |
| 2019–20 | – | 2nd(b) | – | 3rd(b) | – | |
| Season | 5000meter/10000meter | 5000meter/10000meter | 5000meter/10000meter | 5000meter/10000meter | 5000meter/10000meter | 5000meter/10000meter | 5000meter/10000meter | 5000meter/10000meter |
| 2011–12 | 10th | 9th | 5th* | – | 4th* | 6th | | |
| 2012–13 | | | | | | | | |
| 2013–14 | – | 2nd(b) | 1st(b) | 5th | 4th | 5th | – | – |
| 2014–15 | 7th | 6th* | | 10th | | 8th | | |
| 2015–16 | 6th | –* | 4th | 6th | 7th | DNF | | – |
| 2016–17 | 6th | | – | 5th* | 4th | 8th | | |
| 2017–18 | | | | | | | | |
| 2018–19 | 8th | 15th | – | 12th | 8th | | | |
| 2019–20 | 2nd(b) | 9th | – | – | 1st(b) | – | | |
| Season | Team pursuit | Team pursuit | Team pursuit |
| 2011–12 | | | |
| 2012–13 | | | |
| 2013–14 | – | – | |
| 2014–15 | | | |
| 2015–16 | DNF | | – |
| 2016–17 | | | – |
| 2017–18 | | | |
| 2018–19 | | | – |
| 2019–20 | | – | – |
    – = Did not participate
    DNF = Did not finish
    (b) = Division B
    * = 10000 meter

## Medals won

| Championship | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Dutch Single Distances | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Dutch Allround | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| European Allround | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| World Allround | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| World Cup | 17 | 6 | 4 |
| World Single Distances | 5 | 0 | 1 |