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{{short description|Dutch speed skater}}
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'''Casper Helling''' (born 14 April 1972) is a Dutch [[Speed skating|speedskater]], specialising in marathon skating and the longer distances. On 15 March 2007 at the [[Utah Olympic Oval]] in [[Salt Lake City]], Helling skated 41.969&nbsp;km in one hour, which was the current [[List of speed skating records|world record]] in this event. Helling's result was 300 m better than the previous world record, set by [[Henk Angenent]] in March 2004. It was bested by [[Douwe de Vries]] who covered 42.252&nbsp;km in one hour on March 14, 2015. Among his other achievements is a gold medal on the 10,000-m in the Dutch single distances championship for the 2001–2002 season. In recent years Casper Helling has won 3 races of 200&nbsp;km distance on natural ice: Kuopio, Finland, in 2004, Kuopio, Finland in 2008 and Weissensee, Austria in 2009.

As of March 2007, Helling's personal records are 40.37 (500 m), 1:58.00 (1500 m), 6:50.10 (5000 m) and 13:56.31 (10000 m).

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Sports links}}
* [http://www.skateresults.com/skater/show/3483 Casper Helling at SkateResults.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071008034737/http://www.olyparks.com/UOO/PDF/results/3_15_07/OneHourRecord.pdf Lap times for his world record]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103016/http://home.zonnet.nl/renekleef/recWLDmh.html World records for one hour skating]

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[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Dutch male speed skaters]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Ede, Netherlands]]
[[Category:Speed skaters from Gelderland]]

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