The 2009 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the indoor ice rink of the Vikingskipet Olympic Arena in Hamar (Norway) on 7 and 8 February 2009.
Vikingskipet (Hamar)
Image: W Ch podium men 2009
Image: W Ch podium women 2009
Ireen Wüst
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Irene Karlijn (Ireen) Wüst 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 (left) with teammates Jorien ter Mors (center) and Lotte van Beek (right) at the women's team pursuit podium during the 2014 Olympic Games