Ireen Wüst
Wüst in 2013
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1986-04-01) 1 April 1986
Goirle, Netherlands
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Websiteireenwust.nl
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Event(s)1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m
ClubIJsclub Tilburg
TVM Schaatsploeg
Reggeborgh
Turned pro2005
Retired2022
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 6 5 2
World Allround 7 4 2
World Sprint 0 1 0
World Distance 15 15 1
European Allround 5 4 2
European Distance 3 2 0
Total 36 31 7
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2006 Turin3000 m
Gold medal – first place2010 Vancouver1500 m
Gold medal – first place2014 Sochi3000 m
Gold medal – first place2014 SochiTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2018 Pyeongchang1500 m
Gold medal – first place2022 Beijing1500 m
Silver medal – second place2014 Sochi1000 m
Silver medal – second place2014 Sochi1500 m
Silver medal – second place2014 Sochi5000m
Silver medal – second place2018 Pyeongchang3000m
Silver medal – second place2018 PyeongchangTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2006 Turin1500m
Bronze medal – third place2022 BeijingTeam pursuit
World Allround Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 HeerenveenAllround
Gold medal – first place2011 CalgaryAllround
Gold medal – first place2012 MoscowAllround
Gold medal – first place2013 HamarAllround
Gold medal – first place2014 HeerenveenAllround
Gold medal – first place2017 HamarAllround
Gold medal – first place2020 HamarAllround
Silver medal – second place2008 BerlinAllround
Silver medal – second place2015 CalgaryAllround
Silver medal – second place2016 BerlinAllround
Silver medal – second place2018 AmsterdamAllround
Bronze medal – third place2009 HamarAllround
Bronze medal – third place2010 HeerenveenAllround
World Sprint Championships
Silver medal – second place2007 HamarSprint
World Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 Salt Lake City1000 m
Gold medal – first place2007 Salt Lake City1500 m
Gold medal – first place2008 NaganoTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2011 Inzell1500m
Gold medal – first place2011 Inzell3000m
Gold medal – first place2012 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2013 Sochi1500m
Gold medal – first place2013 Sochi3000m
Gold medal – first place2013 SochiTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2016 KolomnaTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2017 Gangneung3000m
Gold medal – first place2017 GangneungTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2019 Inzell1500 m
Gold medal – first place2020 Salt Lake City1500 m
Gold medal – first place2021 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2007 Salt Lake CityTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2009 Vancouver1500m
Silver medal – second place2009 VancouverTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2011 Inzell1000m
Silver medal – second place2011 InzellTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2012 Heerenveen1500m
Silver medal – second place2013 Sochi1000m
Silver medal – second place2013 Sochi5000m
Silver medal – second place2015 Heerenveen1500m
Silver medal – second place2015 Heerenveen3000m
Silver medal – second place2015 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2016 Kolomna3000m
Silver medal – second place2017 Gangneung1500m
Silver medal – second place2019 InzellTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2020 Salt Lake CityTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2012 Heerenveen3000m
European Allround Championships
Gold medal – first place2008 KolomnaAllround
Gold medal – first place2013 HeerenveenAllround
Gold medal – first place2014 HamarAllround
Gold medal – first place2015 ChelyabinskAllround
Gold medal – first place2017 HeerenveenAllround
Silver medal – second place2007 CollalboAllround
Silver medal – second place2010 HamarAllround
Silver medal – second place2011 CollalboAllround
Silver medal – second place2016 MinskAllround
Bronze medal – third place2006 HamarAllround
Bronze medal – third place2012 BudapestAllround
European Single Distance Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 Heerenveen1500 m
Gold medal – first place2020 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2022 HeerenveenTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2020 HeerenveenTeam sprint
Silver medal – second place2022 Heerenveen1500 m

Irene Karlijn (Ireen) Wüst (Dutch pronunciation: [iˈreːn ʋyst]; born 1 April 1986) is a Dutch former long track speed skater of German ancestry. Wüst became the most successful speed skating Olympian ever by achieving at least one gold medal in each of five consecutive Winter Olympic appearances. Wüst is also the only athlete to win an individual gold medal in five consecutive Olympics, Summer or Winter.[1][2]

Wüst is both the youngest Dutch Olympic gold medalist and the oldest speed skating gold medalist in the history of the Winter Games. At the age of nineteen, on 12 February 2006, she won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000 metre event; four years later at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games she won the 1500 metre event; at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games she won two gold and three silver medals, making her the most decorated athlete at the Sochi Games.[3] Following her record sixth speed skating gold medal in the 1500 metres and bronze in the team pursuit event at the 2022 Winter Olympics she has won a record thirteen Olympic medals, more than any other speed skater, making her the most successful athlete of the Netherlands at the Olympics. She is also a seven-time world allround champion, a fifteen-time world single distance champion, and a five-time European allround champion. In 2014, she was elected by Reuters as the Sportswoman of the World.

Skating career

Wüst debuted at the 2004 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships in November 2003 with ninth place in both the 500m and 1500m events. At the end of the season, she won the silver medal in the world junior championships in Roseville, Minnesota, USA. The following season she qualified for the 2004–05 World Cup during the 2005 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships with fifth place in the 1000m and fourth place in the 1500m. With a third place at the 2005 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships, she qualified for her first international senior tournament, the 2005 European Championships in Heerenveen. There she came fourth and secured a spot in the Dutch team for the 2005 World Allround Championships in Moscow, Russia, where she finished in fifth place. She then became World Junior Champion in Seinäjoki, Finland.

Season 2005–2006

Before the start of the season, Wüst signed a deal with TVM and started training under the guidance of Gerard Kemkers. At the 2006 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships, which also served as the Olympic Trials, Wüst won the 1000m, 1500m, and 3000m, which gave her a spot in the Dutch Olympic Team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. Before the Olympics, she started in the 2006 European Championships in Hamar, where she won the bronze medal behind Claudia Pechstein of Germany and teammate Renate Groenewold.

Olympic Games in Turin

At the 2006 Olympics, her first distance was the 3000 metres[4] where Wüst beat Groenewold and Cindy Klassen of Canada for the gold medal and became The Netherlands' youngest ever Winter Olympics champion. She missed out on the podium in the 1000 metres, finishing fourth. At her last event, the 1500 metres, she won a bronze medal behind Cindy Klassen and Kristina Groves of Canada. At her last event of the season, the 2006 World Allround Championships, Wüst finished fourth after she had been ill a few days before the tournament.[5]

After the end of the season, Wüst was elected as the best Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 2006.[6] She was also elected female skater of the year.

Season 2006–2007

Wüst started the season with two titles and one second place at the 2007 Dutch Distance Championships. She also won the 2007 Dutch Allround Championships. At the 2007 European Championships, Wüst led the championships after 3 of 4 distances but was beaten by Martina Sáblíková. The following weekend she competed in the 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Hamar, again winning the silver medal. She became World Allround Champion during the 2007 World Allround Championships for the home crowd in Heerenveen. She won the 2006–07 World Cup in the 1500 m after winning two of the six races, as well as the 1000 m during the World Cup Final in Calgary. At the 2007 World Distance Championships, she won a gold medal in the 1000 m, breaking the national record, and another in the 1500 m. With Renate Groenewold and Paulien van Deutekom, she won silver in the team pursuit behind Canada.

Season 2007–2008

After a difficult start to the season, Wüst won the European allround title in January 2008.[7] Her main competitor this year was Paulien van Deutekom. Wüst finished second behind van Deutekom during the World Allround Championships in Berlin. In Nagano during the 2008 World Distance Championships, she won the gold medal in the team pursuit alongside Groenewold and Van Deutekom. Wüst won only one world race this season, the 1500m in Hamar.

2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver

At the 2010 Winter Olympics she won a gold medal in the 1500 metres.[8]

2014 Olympic Games in Sochi

Wüst (left) with teammates Jorien ter Mors (center) and Lotte van Beek (right) at the women's team pursuit podium during the 2014 Olympic Games

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she won gold medals in the 3000 metres and in the team pursuit, and silver medals in the 1000m, 1500m and 5000m.[9][10]

2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 1500 metres and a silver medal in the 3000 metres. Her 1500 m gold medal was her fourth consecutive medal at this distance at the Olympics, and this was the fourth Olympics in a row in which she won an individual gold medal, the first time this was achieved by a Winter Olympian.[11] She also became the second speed skater to win the Olympic 1500 metres twice (after Lidiya Skoblikova in 1960 and 1964), and the first Dutch athlete to win five gold medals and ten medals overall at the Olympics.[12] She also became the first speed skater, male or female, to win eleven Olympic medals, and the first female Winter Olympian to win nine individual medals.

2022 Olympic Games in Beijing

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 1500 metres, setting a new Olympic record time and becoming the first athlete to earn individual gold medals at five different Olympics (spanning 16 years).[1]

Personal records

Personal records[13]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500m38.449 February 2007Heerenveen
1000m1:12.6415 February 2020Salt Lake City
1500m1:50.71810 March 2019Salt Lake CityER
3000m3:58.0112 February 2011Calgary
5000m6:54.2819 February 2014Sochi
Team pursuit2:56.0217 November 2013Salt Lake CityER

She is currently in 5th position on the Adelskalender[14] with a score of 156.436 points.

Tournament overview

Season Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
Dutch
Championships
Allround
European
Championships
Allround
World
Championships
Allround
World
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Single
Distances
Olympic Games
Olympic
Games
World
Cup
GWC
World
Championships
Junior
Allround
European
Championships
Single
Distances

2003–04

9th 500m
9th 1500m
ROSEVILLE

11th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

2004–05

5th 1000m
4th 1500m

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
5th 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
5th 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
6th 5000m
4th overall
MOSCOW

5th 500m
4th 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
6th 5000m
5th overall

28th 1500m
SEINÄJOKI

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

2005–06

1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
HAMAR

5th 500m
4th 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
4th 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
CALGARY

5th 500m
7th 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
7th 5000m
4th overall
TURIN

4th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
6th Team pursuit

7th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
25th 3/5 km
5th team pursuit

2006–07

4th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
COLLALBO

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
6th 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
HAMAR

14th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
10th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
SALT LAKE CITY

1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
5th 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team pursuit

29th 500m
6th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
6th 3/5 km
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

2007–08

8th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
4th 3000m

5th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
4th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
4th 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
KOLOMNA

4th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
BERLIN

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
4th 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
4th 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

19th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
19th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
6th overall
NAGANO

9th 1000m
7th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

42nd 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
7th 3/5 km

2008–09

10th 500m
6th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
DQ 3000m

13th 500m
7th 1000m
DNS 500m
DNQ 1000m
NC overall

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
7th 3000m
4th 1500m
5th 5000m
6th overall
HAMAR

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
7th 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
8th 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
VANCOUVER

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team pursuit

36th 1000m
6th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Team pursuit

2009–10

6th 500m
5th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
HAMAR

4th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
5th 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
7th 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
VANCOUVER

8th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
7th 3000m
6th Team pursuit

53rd 500m
19th 1000m
6th 1500m
9th 3/5 km
5th Team pursuit

2010–11

NC 500m
5th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m

5th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
8th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s)1000m
4th overall
COLLALBO

6th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
CALGARY

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

13th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
16th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)1000m
7th overall
INZELL

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team pursuit

5th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
9th 3/5 km
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

2011–12

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m

8th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
9th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
5th overall
BUDAPEST

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
5th 3000m
6th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall
MOSCOW

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

5th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

5th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
8th 3/5 km
6th Team pursuit
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Grand World Cup

2012–13

6th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m

10th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
11th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
5th overall

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
HAMAR

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
SOCHI

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

12th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
6th 3/5 km
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grand World Cup

2013–14

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m

8th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
7th 500m
DQ 1000m
NC overall
HAMAR

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
SOCHI

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

6th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
6th 3/5 km
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Grand World Cup

2014–15

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m

13th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
DNS 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
CHELYABINSK

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
CALGARY

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

4th 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team pursuit

6th 1000m
4th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3/5 km
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit
4th Grand World Cup

2015–16

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m

11th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
12th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
6th overall
MINSK

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
4th 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
BERLIN

4th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
KOLOMNA

6th 1000m
4th 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

20th 1500m
17th 3/5 km
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team pursuit

2016–17

10th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m

5th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
5th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
HEERENVEEN

1st place, gold medalist(s) 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
HAMAR

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

11th 1000m
4th 1500m
9th 3/5 km
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team pursuit

2017–18

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
AMSTERDAM

9th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall

9th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team pursuit

16th 1000m
7th 1500m
12th 3/5 km
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Team pursuit

2018–19

1st place, gold medalist(s) 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
COLLALBO

4th 500m
7th 3000m
5th 1500m
7th 5000m
4th overall
CALGARY

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
6th 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
7th 5000m
5th overall
INZELL

1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
5th 3000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team pursuit

53rd 500m
8th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
24th 3/5 km
4th Team pursuit
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team sprint

2019–20

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
5th 3000m
HAMAR

4th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
SALT LAKE CITY

4th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team pursuit

14th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
HEERENVEEN

5th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team sprint

2020–21

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
4th 1500m
5th 3000m

12th 500m
4th 1000m
10th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
6th overall
HEERENVEEN

5th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

5th 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Team pursuit

2021–22

3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
5th 3000m

6th 1000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Team pursuit
HEERENVEEN

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500 m
1st place, gold medalist(s) Team pursuit

Source:[15][16][17]

World Cup overview

Season 500 meter
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–20078th14th
2007–20081st(b)
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
Season 1000 meter
2004–2005
2005–20066th1st place, gold medalist(s)
2006–20073rd place, bronze medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2007–20087th8th12th6th4th2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)4th
2008–200916th13th
2009–20101st(b)5th16th16th
2010–20113rd place, bronze medalist(s)5th2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2011–201211th5th7th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)5th2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2012–20135th2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2013–20147th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014–20152nd place, silver medalist(s)6th4th5th
2015–2016
2016–20175th6th5th
2017–201811th14th4th
2018–20195th4th4th8th6th
2019–20207th5th10th
2020–20215th6th
2021–20226th9th9th
Season 1500 meter
2004–20051st(b)
2005–20066th7th4th1st place, gold medalist(s)
2006–20073rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2007–20085th13th5th1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2008–20098th7th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4th11th
2009–201011th1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)12th9th
2010–20112nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2011–20121st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2012–2013–*1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2013–20142nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014–20151st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)4th
2015–20164th
2016–20173rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017–20184th4th1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018–20194th1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)4th
2019–20201st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020–20212nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021–20224th2nd place, silver medalist(s)4th-
Season 3000/5000 meter
2004–2005
2005–2006–*1st(b)
2006–20072nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)–*
2007–20089th7th–*3rd place, bronze medalist(s)–*2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2008–2009
2009–201011th6th–*6th4th
2010–20114th8th–*2nd place, silver medalist(s)–*
2011–20122nd place, silver medalist(s)4th–*3rd place, bronze medalist(s)–*
2012–20138th1st place, gold medalist(s)–*1st place, gold medalist(s)
2013–20143rd place, bronze medalist(s)–*3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014–20151st place, gold medalist(s)–*1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2015–2016–*2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016–20177th5th–*1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017–20186th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018–20196th6th–*
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
Season Team pursuit
2004–2005
2005–20061st place, gold medalist(s)
2006–20071st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2007–2008
2008–20091st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2009–20102nd place, silver medalist(s)4th
2010–20112nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2011–20122nd place, silver medalist(s)DNF
2012–20131st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2013–20141st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014–20151st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2015–2016
2016–20171st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017–20182nd place, silver medalist(s)
2018–20192nd place, silver medalist(s)4th
2019–20202nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2020–20212nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2021–20223rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)-

Source:[18]

– = Did not participate
* = 5000m
(b) = Division B
DNF = Did not finish
DQ = Disqualified
NC = No classification
DNQ =Did not qualify

Medals won

updated December 2021

Championship Gold
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Silver
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Bronze
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dutch Single Distances
18
12
9
Dutch Allround
15
6
6
Dutch Sprint
10
5
2
European Allround
21
16
8
Olympic Games
6
5
2
World Single Distances
15
15
1
World Allround
22
26
11
World Sprint Classification
1
6
0
World Cup
48
41
22
World Cup GWC
9
7
10
World Junior
4
5
1

Personal life

On 1 March 2006, Wüst was awarded as Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion for services to sport, i.e., winning the women's 3000 m speed skating competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.[19] On 22 February 2022, she was further appointed a Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau for her outstanding performance in sport in general over the years and winning the women's 1500 m speed skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[20]

Wüst is bisexual and first discussed being in a relationship with a woman in a 2009 Dutch interview.[21]

The umlaut "ü" in her family name, which is normally not used in Dutch, stems from a German ancestor who settled as a merchant in the Friesian town of Dokkum at the end of the 18th century.[22]

See also

References

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  2. "Ireen Wüst becomes the first person to win individual golds at five Olympics". The New York Times. 7 February 2022.
  3. "Ireen WÜST – Olympic Speed skating – Netherlands". International Olympic Committee. 17 February 2018.
  4. "Ireen Wust Biography". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  5. "Wüst vierde halverwege WK allround" (in Dutch). Omroep Brabant. 18 March 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  6. "Bos en Wüst sporters van het jaar" (in Dutch). rtl.nl. 12 December 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  7. "Kramer and Wüst win at European Championships". The New York Times. 3 January 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  8. "Results of the 2010 Olympic Games 1500 meters Women". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  9. Kevin Oklobzija (9 February 2014). "Ireen Wust wins 3,000; Olga Graf claims Russia's first Sochi medal". USA Today.
  10. "Speedskating: Versatile Jorien ter Mors beats Ireen Wust, leads another Dutch sweep". The Washington Post. 16 February 2014. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014.
  11. "Dutch speed skating GOAT makes Michael Phelpsian Winter Olympics history". Yahoo! Sports. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  12. "Speed skating: Wust powers to 1,500m gold for record 10th medal". Reuters. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  13. "SpeedskatingResults.com - Ireen WÜST".
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  18. "Calendar of Events". International Skating Union. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  19. Koninklijke onderscheiding voor Wüst en De Jong (video) - website of the Dutch online newspaper NU.nl
  20. Olympische medaillewinnaars geridderd, Wüst ontvangt speciale onderscheiding - website of the Dutch online newspaper NU.nl
  21. Thomas, June (10 February 2014). "Gold-Medal-Winning Dutch Speedskater Ireen Wüst Doesn't Want to Be a Model Queer". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  22. Lübbering, Marcus (February 2014). "Ireen Wüst". NiederlandeNet. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
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