Douwe de Vries
Douwe de Vries (born 14 June 1982) is a Dutch former professional marathon speed skater and long track speed skater.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.[1] In 2007, Douwe de Vries won the Willem Poelstra Trophy for the greatest talent in marathon skating.[3] In 2015 and 2016, he won the gold medal in the team pursuit event at the World Single Distance Championships.[citation needed] 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.[4] He has a score of 146.604 points on the adelskalender.