Nils van der Poel, who later adopted the surname Svensson, is a retired Swedish speed skater, born in 1996 in Trollhattan, who won Olympic gold medals in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, setting Olympic records in each distance. He was World Single Distances Champion in both events in 2021 and won the 2022 World Allround Championship, becoming the first Swede to do so in 49 years, and he holds the current world record in the 10,000 meters. Known for an unconventional training approach built on long, low-intensity aerobic work such as cycling, he retired from competition in March 2022 and published his training methods publicly to help develop the sport.
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Nils Göran Svensson (born Nils Göran van der Poel; Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnɪls fan dɛ(r) ˈpʰuːl]; 25 April 1996) is a retired Swedish speed skater who is the current Olympic record holder and 2022 Olympic champion in the 5,000 m event and the 10,000 m event.
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Nils Göran Svensson (born Nils Göran van der Poel; Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnɪls fan dɛ(r) ˈpʰuːl]; 25 April 1996) is a retired Swedish speed skater who is the current Olympic record holder and 2022 Olympic champion in the 5,000 m event and the 10,000 m event.
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Nils Göran Svensson (born Nils Göran van der Poel; Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnɪls fan dɛ(r) ˈpʰuːl]; 25 April 1996) is a retired Swedish speed skater who is the current Olympic record holder and 2022 Olympic champion in the 5,000 m event and the 10,000 m event.
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Nils Göran Svensson (born Nils Göran van der Poel; Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnɪls fan dɛ(r) ˈpʰuːl]; 25 April 1996) is a retired Swedish speed skater who is the current Olympic record holder and 2022 Olympic champion in the 5,000 m event and the 10,000 m event.
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Nils Göran Svensson (born Nils Göran van der Poel; Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnɪls fan dɛ(r) ˈpʰuːl]; 25 April 1996) is a retired Swedish speed skater who is the current Olympic record holder and 2022 Olympic champion in the 5,000 m event and the 10,000 m event.
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Nils Göran Svensson (born Nils Göran van der Poel; Swedish pronunciation: [ˈnɪls fan dɛ(r) ˈpʰuːl]; 25 April 1996) is a retired Swedish speed skater who is the current Olympic record holder and 2022 Olympic champion in the 5,000 m event and the 10,000 m event.
Competed In: 2022 Winter Olympics, Article text
At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, van der Poel won the gold medal in both the 5000 metres and the 10000 metres.
Competed In: 2018 Winter Olympics, Article text
He finished 14th in the men's 5000 metres at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Competed In: 1988 Winter Olympics, Article text
In the process, he set both a new Olympic record of 6:08.84 in the 5000 metres event and gained Sweden its first speedskating gold medal in 34 years since the Tomas Gustafson gold at the same event at 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, as well as a new world record and Olympic record for the 10000 metres event.
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