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Leo Visser

1966 - Today

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Leendert "Leo" Visser (born 13 January 1966) is a Dutch former speed skater, who in 1989 won the World Allround championships and European championships. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a silver medal in the 5000 m and a bronze medal in the 10 000 meter. Four years later, at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, Visser won a bronze medal in both the 1,500 and the 5,000 metres, behind Norwegians Johann Olav Koss and Geir Karlstad. Nationally, he won the allround titles in 1988, 1989 and 1991, as well as four distance titles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Leo Visser is the 263rd most popular skater (down from 262nd in 2024), the 1,255th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 1,253rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Dutch Skater.

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Among SKATERS

Among skaters, Leo Visser ranks 263 out of 483. Before him are Rintje Ritsma, Patrick Chan, Elena Valova, Elena Berezhnaya, Guillaume Cizeron, and Jessica Dubé. After him are Bruno Massot, Francesca Lollobrigida, Chad Hedrick, Monique Garbrecht-Enfeldt, Nathalie Péchalat, and Júlia Sebestyén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Leo Visser ranks 861. Before him are Andy Nyman, Nick Sandow, Arija Bareikis, Fredrik Stillman, Stéphane Traineau, and Natalya Morskova. After him are Hirokazu Goshi, Hwang Hye-young, Francisco Javier Cruz, Lyudmila Rogachova, Minas Hantzidis, and Rollo Armstrong.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Leo Visser ranks 1,256 out of 1,646. Before him are Peter Hoekstra (1973), Hannah Hoekstra (1987), Rintje Ritsma (1970), Epke Zonderland (1986), Wilco Kelderman (1991), and Jordan Larsson (1997). After him are Kenneth Vermeer (1986), Deborah Gravenstijn (1974), Boy Waterman (1984), Alexander Büttner (1989), Luc Castaignos (1992), and Kevin Diks (1996).

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Among SKATERS In Netherlands

Among skaters born in Netherlands, Leo Visser ranks 17. Before him are Ireen Wüst (1986), Sven Kramer (1986), Jutta Leerdam (1998), Ids Postma (1973), Jan Bos (1975), and Rintje Ritsma (1970). After him are Marianne Timmer (1974), Bob de Jong (1976), Gianni Romme (1973), Falko Zandstra (1971), Ria Visser (1961), and Gerard van Velde (1971).

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