Ids Postma

Ids Postma
Personal information
Birth name	Ids Hylke Postma
Nationality	Dutch
Born	28 December 1973 (age 50); Dearsum, Netherlands
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Spouse	Anni Friesinger-Postma (2009)
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Sport	Speed skating
Turned pro	1993
Coached by	Henk Gemser
Retired	2004
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	500 m: 35.99 (2001); 1000 m: 1:09.15 (2002); 1500 m: 1:45.41 (2002); 3000 m: 3:58.53 (2002); 5000 m: 6:32.92 (2000); 10 000 m: 13:45.91 (1998)
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the Netherlands
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships
World Single Distance Championships

Ids Hylke Postma (born 28 December 1973) is a Dutch former speed skater. He is an Olympic gold medalist^[1] and former world champion.

In 1993 Postma finished 2nd at the Speedskating World Championships for Juniors. In his first year as senior skater, he became Dutch Allround Champion, finished second behind Johann Olav Koss at the World Allround Championships, and came 4th in the European Championships, but nevertheless did not qualify for the Dutch Olympic team. In 1997 Postma won both the European Allround Championships and the World Allround Championships.^[2]

His greatest success came in 1998 when he became World Allround Champion again, also setting a world record in the point-sum combination, and won two Olympic medals at the Olympic Games in Nagano. He won the 1,000 meters event and placed second at his specialty, the 1,500 meters, just behind Ådne Søndrål from Norway. Also in 1998, he was the first skater who skated an official world record on the 1,500 meters below 1:50.00: Postma did this in Berlin.^[2] Erben Wennemars had done the same the summer before, but that time was not ratified by the International Skating Union.^[2] Postma's record did not last long, because a few hours later Kevin Overland skated to a new record in Calgary.^[2]

Postma is also a three-time World Champion in the World Single Distance Championships. He won the 5,000 meters in 1996 and the 1,500 meters in 1999 and 2000.

In October 2004 Postma announced his retirement^[3] and nowadays he lives on his farm in Deersum. He married German speed skater Anni Friesinger on 11 August 2009 in Salzburg. The couple will not live together on the farm until renovations are complete.^[4] In August 2011, she gave birth to a daughter.^[5] He previously had a relationship with Renske Vellinga, until her death in a car crash in 1994.

Records

Personal records

Event	Result	Date	Location
Personal records
Men's Speed skating
500 m	35.99	30 November 2001	Salt Lake City
1000 m	1:09.15	16 February 2002	Salt Lake City
1500 m	1:45.41	19 February 2002	Salt Lake City
3000 m	3:58.53	15 November 2002	Inzell
5000 m	6:32.92	30 January 2000	Calgary
10000 m	13:45.91	15 March 1998	Heerenveen

Source: www.isu.org^[6] & SpeedskatingResults.com^[7]

World records

Event	Result	Date	Location	Notes
1500 m	1:49.81	29 November 1997	Berlin
Big combination	153.367	15 March 1998	Heerenveen

Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com^[8]

Tournament overview

Season	Dutch Championships Single Distances	Dutch Championships Allround	European Championships Allround	World Championships Allround	Dutch Championships Sprint	World Championships Sprint	World Championships Single Distances	Olympic Games	World Cup GWC	World Championships Junior Allround
1992–93	DEVENTER 16th 500m 7th 1000m 11th 1500m									BASELGA di PINÈ 500m 1500m 8th 1000m 5000m overall
1993–94	HEERENVEEN NS2 500m 1500m 4th 5000m 10000m	THE HAGUE 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall	HAMAR 500m 6th 5000m 4th 1500m 6th 10000m 4th overall	GOTHENBURG 500m 19th 5000m 6th 1500m 10000m overall
1994–95	THE HAGUE 18th 5000m
1995–96	GRONINGEN 5000m	THE HAGUE 500m 4th 5000m 4th 1500m 10000m overall	HEERENVEEN 500m 5th 5000m 1500m 4th 10000m overall	INZELL 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall			HAMAR 15th 1500m 5000m		10th 1500m 6th 5000/10000m
1996–97			HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 10000m overall	NAGANO 500m 8th 5000m 1500m 4th 10000m overall			WARSAW 9th 5000m		5th 1500m 10th 5000/10000m
1997–98	HEERENVEEN 1000m 4th 1500m 6th 5000m			HEERENVEEN 500m 5000m 1500m 4th 10000m overall	4th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m overall		CALGARY 1500m	NAGANO 38th 500m 1000m 1500m	1500m 19th 5000/10000m
1998–99	GRONINGEN 1000m 4th 1500m 4th 5000m	THE HAGUE 500m 5000m 1500m 6th 10000m overall	HEERENVEEN 26th 500m 15th 5000m 1500m DNQ 10000m NC overall(26th)		5th 500m 4th 1000m 500m 1000m 5th overall		HEERENVEEN 1500m		35th 1000m 1500m 8th 5000/10000m
1999–2000		THE HAGUE 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 7th 10000m overall	HAMAR 4th 500m 6th 5000m 1500m 12th 10000m overall	MILWAUKEE 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 9th 10000m overall			NAGANO 1500m		1500m 9th 5000/10000m
2000–01	THE HAGUE 8th 1000m 9th 1500m 14th 5000m	HEERENVEEN 500m 8th 5000m 1500m 7th 10000m overall	BASELGA di PINÈ 500m 4th 5000m 4th 1500m 7th 10000m overall	BUDAPEST 500m 5000m 1500m 8th 10000m overall					8th 1500m
2001–02	GRONINGEN 7th 1000m 10th 1500m 6th 5000m	ALKMAAR 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 4th 10000m overall			4th 500m 1000m 4th 500m 1000m 4th overall	HAMAR 24th 500m 19th 1000m 21st 500m 12th 1000m 18th overall		SALT LAKE CITY 27th 500m 17th 1000m 5th 1500m	32nd 1000m 15th 1500m
2002–03	UTRECHT 5th 1500m 5000m	ASSEN 4th 500m 9th 5000m 7th 1500m 8th 10000m 6th overall		GOTHENBURG 500m 4th 5000m 4th 1500m 6th 10000m overall			BERLIN 6th 1500m		6th 1500m 16th 5000/10000m
2003–04	HEERENVEEN 1500m 8th 5000m 5th 10000m	EINDHOVEN 4th 500m 5th 5000m 4th 1500m 8th 10000m 5th overall							7th 1500m

DNQ = Did not qualify for the final distance

NC = No classification

source:^[9] ^[10] ^[11]

World Cup overview

Season	500 meter
1994–1995	–	–	–	–	29th	31st	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004

Season	1000 meter
1994–1995	–	–	–	–	32nd	–	–	–	–	–
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999	–	–	–	–	–	–	1st(b)	–	–
1999–2000
2000–2001	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23rd(b)
2001–2002	–	–	–	28th(b)	–	–	1st(b)
2002–2003
2003–2004

Season	1500 meter
1994–1995
1995–1996	–		12th	5th	5th	11th
1996–1997			11th	–	6th	–
1997–1998			–			–
1998–1999			7th		7th
1999–2000		16th	4th
2000–2001	–	–		4th	14th
2001–2002	–	–	–	–	4th	6th
2002–2003	15th	9th	4th	18th	7th
2003–2004	13th			–	–

Season	5000 meter/10000 meter
1994–1995
1995–1996	–	1st(b)	5th	8th	7th		7th*
1996–1997	12th	7th	9th	–*	–*	–
1997–1998	19th	1st(b)	–	11th*	–	–
1998–1999	8th	20th*	4th		16th
1999–2000	14th	–*	9th	–	6th
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003	10th	11th	6th	–*	11th	–
2003–2004

– = Did not participate

* = 10000 meter

(b) = Division B

Medals won

Championship	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dutch Single Distances	0	0	7
Dutch Allround Single Events	8	4	3
Dutch Allround Classification	2	3	1
European Allround Single Events	5	2	3
European Allround Classification	1	1	2
World Allround Single Events	7	5	5
World Allround Classification	2	4	1
Dutch Sprint Single Events	2	3	2
Dutch Sprint Classification	0	0	1
World Single Distances	3	1	0
Olympic Games	1	1	0
World Cup Events	7	4	9
World Cup Classification	1	2	0
World Junior Allround	0	1	0
Total	39	31	34

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "THE XVIII WINTER GAMES; The Women and Men Who Reached the Top Three Steps". The New York Times. 23 February 1998. p. C8. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bjarte Hetland (28 November 2005). "Ids Postma". Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
^ "Postma zit in de wachtkamer". Friesch Dagblad. 29 September 2004. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
^ "Anni Friesinger en Ids Postma getrouwd". 13 August 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
^ "Eisschnellläuferin Anni Friesinger-Postma bekommt Baby in Meppen". 14 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Ids Postma Personal best". www.isu.org. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
^ "Ids Postma". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
^ "Ids Postma". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
^ "Ids Postma". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
^ "Ids Postma". speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
^ "Ids Postma". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

External links

Awards
Preceded by Rintje Ritsma	Ard Schenk Award 1997	Succeeded by Marianne Timmer

[myto-1] "THE XVIII WINTER GAMES; The Women and Men Who Reached the Top Three Steps". The New York Times. 23 February 1998. p. C8. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

[ska-2] Bjarte Hetland (28 November 2005). "Ids Postma". Archived from the original on 14 September 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

[3] "Postma zit in de wachtkamer". Friesch Dagblad. 29 September 2004. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

[4] "Anni Friesinger en Ids Postma getrouwd". 13 August 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

[5] "Eisschnellläuferin Anni Friesinger-Postma bekommt Baby in Meppen". 14 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

[6] "Ids Postma Personal best". www.isu.org. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

[Results-7] "Ids Postma". SpeedskatingResults.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[stats-8] "Ids Postma". SpeedSkatingStats.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

[9] "Ids Postma". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

[10] "Ids Postma". speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

[11] "Ids Postma". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

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