Medalists of the Dutch Speed Skating Championships refers to athletes who have won medals at the Dutch National Speed Skating Championships in various disciplines, including individual distances, sprint, and allround events.
The first Dutch National Speed Skating Championships were held on 19 January 1887 in Slikkerveer, where Charles Goodman Tebbutt won the one-mile race, defeating Dutch skater Willem Jan van Vollenhoven in the final. This event was unofficial.
Official championships began in 1901 in Leeuwarden, organized by the Royal Dutch Skating Association (Dutch: Koninklijke Nederlandsche Schaatsenrijders Bond). From 1901 to 1954, only men's allround events were held. Women's allround competitions started in 1955. Men's sprint allround events were introduced in 1970, followed by women's sprint in 1983. Since 1987, individual distance championships have been held for men (500 m, 1,000 m, 1,500 m, 5,000 m, and 10,000 m) and women (500 m, 1,000 m, 1,500 m, 3,000 m, and 5,000 m). Competitions are typically held in winter (January, February, March, or December), with medals awarded for the following year.
In the oldest discipline, men's allround, Hilbert van der Duim holds the record with seven consecutive titles from 1979 to 1985. In men's sprint allround, Gerard van Velde, Jan Bos, and Stefan Groothuis each won six titles between 1992 and 2013. Van Velde also leads in the 500 m with eight gold medals (1991âÂÂ2005). Erben Wennemars and Kjeld Nuis share the record for the 1,000 m with five golds each (Wennemars: 1997âÂÂ2004; Nuis: 2013âÂÂ2019). Rintje Ritsma won the 1,500 m six times (1992âÂÂ1999). Sven Kramer dominates the 5,000 m with ten golds (2007âÂÂ2018) and also won two silver and two bronze medals in this event. The 10,000 m has seen Bob de Jong, Sven Kramer, and Jorrit Bergsma each win six times (1996âÂÂ2020). In the men's mass start, Arjan Stroetinga secured four golds (2013âÂÂ2020).
Among women, Stien Kaiser won the allround event six times (1964âÂÂ1971). Marianne Timmer dominated the women's sprint allround with ten titles (1997âÂÂ2008). In individual distances, Christine Aaftink won seven consecutive 500 m golds (1990âÂÂ1996), Timmer won seven 1,000 m golds (1998âÂÂ2005), Ireen Wüst secured eight 1,500 m golds (2006âÂÂ2019) and seven 3,000 m golds (2006âÂÂ2017), and Carla Zijlstra won six 5,000 m golds (1992âÂÂ1999). Irene Schouten claimed all seven mass start golds from 2013 to 2020.
Ireen Wüst holds the overall record for women with 46 medals (23 gold, 14 silver, 9 bronze), while Bob de Jong leads men with 31 distance medals. Sven Kramer has 37 medals across all events (26 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze), though Erben Wennemars has 40 medals but fewer golds.