Ria Visser

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

Ria Visser
Ria Visser in 1984
Personal information
Born (1961-07-20) 20 July 1961
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

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

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


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

source: [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. "Ria Visser". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  2. 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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