Ids Postma

Ids Postma
Full name	Ids Hylke Postma
nation	Netherlands
birthday	December 28, 1973
place of birth	Deersum
size	1.90 cm
Career
discipline	Speed ​​skating
status	resigned
Medal table
winter Olympics 1 × 1 × 0 × M-World Championship medals 2 × 4 × 1 × E-World Cup medals 3 × 1 × 0 × M-EM medals 1 × 1 × 2 ×
winter Olympics gold Nagano 1998 1000 m silver Nagano 1998 1500 m  All around world championships silver Gothenburg 1994 All-around silver Inzell 1996 All-around gold Nagano 1997 All-around gold Heerenveen 1998 All-around silver Milwaukee 2000 All-around silver Budapest 2001 All-around bronze Gothenburg 2003 All-around  Individual distance world championships gold Hamar 1996 5000 m silver Calgary 1998 1500 m gold Heerenveen 1999 1500 m gold Nagano 2000 1500 m  All-around European Championships silver Heerenveen 1996 All-around gold Heerenveen 1997 All-around bronze Hamar 2000 All-around bronze Baselga di Piné 2001 All-around

Ids Postma (born December 28, 1973 in Deersum , Netherlands ) is a former Dutch speed skater .

Career

Postma was all around world champion in Nagano in 1997 . He defended this title in 1998 in Heerenveen. He also won four silver medals and one bronze medal at the all- around world championships .

In 1996, Postma won gold over 5000 meters and silver over 1500 meters at individual distance world championships. In 1999 and 2000 he won the 1500 meter title.

Postma also became European all-around champion in 1997 .

At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Postma won the gold medal over 1000 meters and the silver medal over 1500 meters.

On October 28, 2004, Postma announced his resignation.

Postma was the boyfriend of Dutch speed skater Renske Vellinga when she died in a car accident in 1994.

Postma's wife is the German speed skater Anni Friesinger-Postma , to whom he has been officially married since August 11, 2009. The wedding took place in Salzburg , Austria . On August 15, 2010 the church wedding took place in Dearsum . Their first daughter was born on August 13, 2011 in Meppen.

Personal bests

route	time	date	place
500 m	35.99 sec	November 30, 2001	Salt Lake City
1000 m	1: 09.15 min	February 16, 2002	Salt Lake City
1500 m	1: 45.41 min	February 19, 2002	Salt Lake City
3000 m	3: 50.87 min	November 15, 2002	Erfurt
5000 m	6: 32.92 min	January 30, 2000	Calgary
10,000 m	13: 45.91 min	March 15, 1998	Heerenveen

Web links

• Statistics at speed skating news
• Ids Postma in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Official website (in Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ welt.de: "Speed ​​skater Anni Friesinger marries church"