page_title: Heerenveen
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Heerenveen / Notable residents / Sport
caption_attribution_description: English: Sven Kramer (NED) in horse-drawn sleighs on ice after winning the European Allround Speed Skating Championship 2009 in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.Nederlands: Sven Kramer (NED) in een arrenslee op ijs na het winnen van het Europees kampioenschap schaatsen allround 2009 in Heerenveen, Nederland.
context_page_description: Heerenveen is a town and municipality in the province of Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands. The town has gained international prominence in speed skating, for it has the fastest lowland speed skating rink in the world.
context_section_description: Abe Lenstra (1920–1985), a Dutch football player with 730 club caps
  Foppe de Haan (born 1943), football coach and politician
  Margriet Zegers (born 1954), a retired Dutch field hockey defender, team gold medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  Franke Sloothaak (born 1958) a German show jumping Olympic champion
  Nico-Jan Hoogma (born 1968) a former football defender with 517 club caps
  Falko Zandstra (born 1971),  a former Dutch speed skater, silver medallist at the 1992 Winter Olympics and bronze medallist the 1994 Winter Olympics
  Carien Kleibeuker (born 1978) a Dutch long distance speed skater, bronze medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics
  Epke Zonderland (born 1986), a gymnast and gold medallist at the 2012 Summer Olympics
  Sven Kramer (born 1986), long track speed skater, three time Olympic champion in the 5000 meters
  Vladislav Bykanov (born 1989) an Israeli Olympic short track speed skater, lives in Heerenveen
  Sanne Wevers (born 1991), an artistic gymnast, gold medallist at the 2016 Summer Olympics
  Antoinette de Jong (born 1995) a Dutch speed skater, bronze medallist at the 2018 Winter Olympics
  Lisa Top (born 1996), a Dutch artistic gymnast
  Aafke Soet (born 1997), former short track speed skater, now cyclist
caption: Sven Kramer, 2009
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