Ria Visser

Ria Visser
Visser in 1984
Personal information
Born (1961-07-20) 20 July 1961 (age 63)
Oud-Beijerland, Netherlands
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Women's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1980 Lake Placid 1500 metres

Adriana Johanna "Ria" Visser (born 20 July 1961) is a Dutch ice speed skater.[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 was a TV commentator for the Dutch sports program NOS Studio Sport.

Personal records

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

Tournament overview

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

1978–79
HEERENVEEN
6th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) overall
THE HAGUE
17th 500m
4th 3000m
13th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5000m
6th overall
GRENOBLE
9th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall

1979–80
THE HAGUE
6th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
LAKE PLACID
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
DNF 3000m
HAMAR
28th 500m
7th 3000m
24th 1500m
8th 5000m
14th overall
WEST ALLIS
28th 500m
7th 1000m
22nd 500m
29th 1000m**
27th overall
ASSEN
13th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1500m
6th 1000m
4th 3000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall

1980–81
ASSEN
7th 500m
5th 3000m
6th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
5th overall

1981–82
HEERENVEEN
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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
HEERENVEEN
19th 500m
10th 3000m
13th 1500m
10th 3000m
12th overall

1982–83
DEVENTER
6th 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
UTRECHT
15th 500m
5th 1000m
8th 500m
23rd 1000m
23rd overall
HEERENVEEN
20th 500m
11th 3000m
9th 1500m
10th 5000m
12th overall
KARL-MARX-STADT
19th 500m
8th 3000m
5th 1500m
7th 5000m
9th overall

1983–84
GRONINGEN
8th 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
SARAJEVO
30th 500m
13th 1500m
25th 3000m
DEVENTER
11th 500m
8th 3000m
11th 1500m
10th 5000m
11th overall

1984–85
ALKMAAR
3rd place, bronze 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
UTRECHT
5th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
5th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
4th overall
GRONINGEN
17th 500m
5th 3000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5000m
4th overall

1985–86
ASSEN
4th 500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3000m
4th 1500m
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5000m
1st place, gold medalist(s) overall
UTRECHT
10th 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
18th 500m
5th 1000m
18th overall
GEITHUS
18th 500m
7th 3000m
8th 1500m
13th 5000m
10th overall
THE HAGUE
25th 500m
6th 3000m
10th 1500m
6th 5000m
9th overall
1986–87

1987–88
HEERENVEEN
8th 1500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3000m
5th 5000m
ALKMAAR
14th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3000m
12th 1500m
10th 5000m
11th overall
** fell

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References

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  1. ^ "Ria Visser". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ria Visser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
  3. ^ "Ria Visser". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Ria Visser". speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Ria Visser". schaatsstatistieken.nl. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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