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
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 became a TV commentator for the Dutch sports programme 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

Results
Year Dutch
Distances		 Dutch
Allround		 Dutch
Sprint		 EC
Allround		 Olympic
games		 WC
Allround		 WC
Sprint		 WC
Juniors
19796e
1980 1500m
NF 3000m		14e27e
19815e
198212e
198323e12e9e
19844e30e 500m
13e 1500m
25e 3000m		11e
19854e
198618e10e9e
1987
19888e 1500m
3000m
5e 5000m		11e

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.


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