| Olympic medal record | |||
| Competitor for |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Speed skating | |||
| Bronze | Calgary 1988 | 5,000 m | |
Gerard Kemkers (born March 8, 1967 in Groningen) is a former speed skater from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Speed skating has been featured as a sport in the Winter Olympics since the first winter The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in Calgary The Winter Olympic Games Speed skating results Men's events 500 m February 14 1988 1000 m February Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Groningen is the capital city of the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. Speed skating or speedskating is a competitive form of Skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games were a Winter Multi-sport event which was celebrated in Calgary Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada There he won the bronze medal in the men's 5000 metres.
Kemkers retired from international competition in 1990, due to a problem with his leg. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) He later became a speed skating coach, who guided skaters like Carl Verheijen, Jochem Uytdehaage, Ireen Wüst and Sven Kramer to international successes with the professional TVM-squad. Carl Eduard Verheijen (born May 26, 1975 in The Hague) is a Dutch speedskater specializing in the longer distances 5000-m Jochem Simon Uytdehaage (born July 9, 1976 in Utrecht) is a former Dutch long track speed skater and two-time Olympic champion Ireen Wüst (born April 1, 1986 in Goirle, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch long track allround speed skater. Sven Kramer (born April 23, 1986 in Heerenveen) is a Dutch long track speed skater