Ria Visser

Ria Visser

Ria Visser in 1984
Personal information
Born (1961-07-20) 20 July 1961
Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport Speed skating
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Lake Placid 1980 1500 metres

Adriana Johanna (Ria) Visser (born 20 July 1961) is a former ice speed skater from the Netherlands[1][2]

Visser participated in six World Allround Speed Skating Championships, performing best at her first attempt in 1979, when she came in 6th. In 1979 and 1980 she won the bronze medal in the World Junior Speed Skating Championships. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid she won the silver medal in the women's 1500 metres, finishing just behind her Dutch teammate Annie Borckink. At the 1984 Winter Olympics she raced three distances, but did not reach higher than a 13th place. Unlike in international events, Visser was very successful at the Dutch National Allround Championships, winning the event five times and coming in second twice. Only Stien Kaiser has been more successful at the national level.[2]

In the 1990s she became a TV commentator for the Dutch sports programme NOS Studio Sport.

Personal records

Ria Visser in 1983
Ria Visser in 1980
Personal records
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500m 42.23 December 17, 1983 Inzell
1000m 1:25.76 December 27, 1981 Inzell
1500m 2:07.06 December 17, 1983 Inzell
3000m 4:29.13 December 26, 1984 Inzell
5000m 7:40.68 December 6, 1987 Calgary

Results

Jaar Dutch
Distances		 Dutch
Allround		 Dutch
Sprint		 EC
Allround		 Olympic
games		 WC
Allround		 WC
Sprint		 WC
Juniors
1979 2nd, silver medalist(s) 6e 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
1980 1st, gold medalist(s) 2nd, silver medalist(s) 1500m
NF 3000m 		14e 27e 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
1981 5e
1982 2nd, silver medalist(s) 12e
1983 1st, gold medalist(s) 23e 12e 9e
1984 1st, gold medalist(s) 4e 30e 500m
13e 1500m
25e 3000m 		11e
1985 1st, gold medalist(s) 4e
1986 1st, gold medalist(s) 18e 10e 9e
1987
1988 8e 1500m
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
5e 5000m 		11e

References

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  1. ↑ "Ria Visser". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 Ria Visser. sports-reference.com
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