Records of Leo Visser on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Leo Visser and the Visser Genealogy

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Some Famous People called Leo Visser

Leo Visser

Leendert "Leo" Visser (born 13 January 1966) is a Dutch former speed skater, who in 1989 won the World Allround championships and European championships.

At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary he won a silver medal in the 5000 m and a bronze medal in the 10 000 meter. Four years later, at the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, Visser won a bronze medal in both the 1,500 and the 5,000 metres, behind Norwegians Johann Olav Koss and Geir Karlstad.

Nationally, he won the allround titles in 1988, 1989 and 1991, as well as four distance titles.

After his career as a speed skater, Visser became a pilot and he is now captain on the Boeing 777 for Dutch airline KLM. In 2002, he was the chef de mission for the Dutch Olympic team. His wife, Sandra Voetelink, is also a former Olympic speed skater.

Source: Leo Visser, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Visser

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