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Ireen Wüst was born on 1 April, 1986 in Goirle, Netherlands, is a Dutch speed skater. Discover Ireen Wüst's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 37 years old?

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Age 37 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 1 April, 1986
Birthday 1 April
Birthplace Goirle, Netherlands
Nationality Netherlands

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Ireen Wüst Height, Weight & Measurements

At 37 years old, Ireen Wüst height is 1.68 m and Weight 63 kg.

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Height 1.68 m
Weight 63 kg
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.

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Ireen Wüst Net Worth

Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ireen Wüst worth at the age of 37 years old? Ireen Wüst’s income source is mostly from being a successful skater. She is from Netherlands. We have estimated Ireen Wüst's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1986

Irene Karlijn (Ireen) Wüst (born 1 April 1986) is a Dutch former long track speed skater of German ancestry.

Wüst became the most successful speed skating Olympian ever by achieving at least one gold medal in each of five consecutive Winter Olympic appearances.

Wüst is also the only athlete to win an individual gold medal in five consecutive Olympics, Summer or Winter.

Wüst is both the youngest Dutch Olympic gold medalist and the oldest speed skating gold medalist in the history of the Winter Games.

2004

Wüst debuted at the 2004 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships in November 2003 with ninth place in both the 500m and 1500m events.

At the end of the season, she won the silver medal in the world junior championships in Roseville, Minnesota, USA.

The following season she qualified for the 2004–05 World Cup during the 2005 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships with fifth place in the 1000m and fourth place in the 1500m.

2005

With a third place at the 2005 KNSB Dutch Allround Championships, she qualified for her first international senior tournament, the 2005 European Championships in Heerenveen.

There she came fourth and secured a spot in the Dutch team for the 2005 World Allround Championships in Moscow, Russia, where she finished in fifth place.

She then became World Junior Champion in Seinäjoki, Finland.

Before the start of the season, Wüst signed a deal with TVM and started training under the guidance of Gerard Kemkers.

2006

At the age of nineteen, on 12 February 2006, she won the gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games 3000 metre event; four years later at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games she won the 1500 metre event; at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games she won two gold and three silver medals, making her the most decorated athlete at the Sochi Games.

Following her record sixth speed skating gold medal in the 1500 metres and bronze in the team pursuit event at the 2022 Winter Olympics she has won a record thirteen Olympic medals, more than any other speed skater, making her the most successful athlete of the Netherlands at the Olympics.

She is also a seven-time world allround champion, a fifteen-time world single distance champion, and a five-time European allround champion.

At the 2006 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships, which also served as the Olympic Trials, Wüst won the 1000m, 1500m, and 3000m, which gave her a spot in the Dutch Olympic Team for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.

Before the Olympics, she started in the 2006 European Championships in Hamar, where she won the bronze medal behind Claudia Pechstein of Germany and teammate Renate Groenewold.

At the 2006 Olympics, her first distance was the 3000 metres where Wüst beat Groenewold and Cindy Klassen of Canada for the gold medal and became The Netherlands' youngest ever Winter Olympics champion.

She missed out on the podium in the 1000 metres, finishing fourth.

At her last event, the 1500 metres, she won a bronze medal behind Cindy Klassen and Kristina Groves of Canada.

At her last event of the season, the 2006 World Allround Championships, Wüst finished fourth after she had been ill a few days before the tournament.

After the end of the season, Wüst was elected as the best Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 2006.

She was also elected female skater of the year.

She won the 2006–07 World Cup in the 1500 m after winning two of the six races, as well as the 1000 m during the World Cup Final in Calgary.

2007

Wüst started the season with two titles and one second place at the 2007 Dutch Distance Championships.

She also won the 2007 Dutch Allround Championships.

At the 2007 European Championships, Wüst led the championships after 3 of 4 distances but was beaten by Martina Sáblíková.

The following weekend she competed in the 2007 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships in Hamar, again winning the silver medal.

She became World Allround Champion during the 2007 World Allround Championships for the home crowd in Heerenveen.

At the 2007 World Distance Championships, she won a gold medal in the 1000 m, breaking the national record, and another in the 1500 m. With Renate Groenewold and Paulien van Deutekom, she won silver in the team pursuit behind Canada.

2008

After a difficult start to the season, Wüst won the European allround title in January 2008.

Her main competitor this year was Paulien van Deutekom.

Wüst finished second behind van Deutekom during the World Allround Championships in Berlin.

In Nagano during the 2008 World Distance Championships, she won the gold medal in the team pursuit alongside Groenewold and Van Deutekom.

Wüst won only one world race this season, the 1500m in Hamar.

2010

At the 2010 Winter Olympics she won a gold medal in the 1500 metres.

2014

In 2014, she was elected by Reuters as the Sportswoman of the World.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, she won gold medals in the 3000 metres and in the team pursuit, and silver medals in the 1000m, 1500m and 5000m.

2018

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 1500 metres and a silver medal in the 3000 metres.

Her 1500 m gold medal was her fourth consecutive medal at this distance at the Olympics, and this was the fourth Olympics in a row in which she won an individual gold medal, the first time this was achieved by a Winter Olympian.

She also became the second speed skater to win the Olympic 1500 metres twice (after Lidiya Skoblikova in 1960 and 1964), and the first Dutch athlete to win five gold medals and ten medals overall at the Olympics.