Falko Zandstra

Falko Zandstra
nation	Netherlands
birthday	December 27, 1971
place of birth	Heerenveen
size	1.89 cm
Career
discipline	Speed ​​skating
status	resigned
Medal table
winter Olympics 0 × 1 × 1 × M-World Championship medals 1 × 1 × 0 × M-EM medals 2 × 1 × 2 ×
winter Olympics silver Albertville 1992 5000 m bronze Lillehammer 1994 1500 m  All around world championships silver Calgary 1992 All-around gold Hamar 1993 All-around  All-around European Championships gold Heerenveen 1992 All-around gold Heerenveen 1993 All-around bronze Hamar 1994 All-around silver Heerenveen 1995 All-around bronze Heerenveen 1997 All-around

Falko Zandstra (born December 27, 1971 in Heerenveen ) is a former Dutch speed skater .

Zandstra won the all- around world champion in Hamar in 1993 . The year before, he had already won the silver medal at the World Championships . In 1992 and 1993 the Dutchman won the European all- around championships .

At the Olympic Games in 1992 Zandstra won silver over 5000 meters in Albertville and in 1994 in Lillehammer bronze over 1500 meters.

Zandstra led the nobility calendar for 49 days in 1993.

For his outstanding achievements in 1993, Zandstra received the Oscar Mathisen Memorial Trophy and was also voted Sportsman of the Year for the Netherlands .

Web links

• Statistics from Falko Zandstra on Speedskatingnews
• Falko Zandstra in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )