| year | position | championship | place |
| 1989 | 10 | WCh Allround | Oslo | NOR |
| 1990 | 3  | WCh Allround | Innsbruck | AUT |
| 1  |  ECh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 1991 | 3 | WCh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 3 | ECh Allround | Sarajevo | YUG |
| 1992 | 5 |  Olympic Games 1500 meters | Albertville | FRA |
| 5 | Olympic Games 5000 meters | Albertville | FRA |
| 1 | Olympic Games 10,000 meters | Albertville | FRA |
| NC29 | WCh Allround | Calgary | CAN |
| 5 | ECh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 1993 | 4 | WCh Allround | Hamar | NOR |
| 4 | ECh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 1994 | 5 | Olympic Games 5000 meters | Lillehammer | NOR |
| 3 | Olympic Games 10,000 meters | Lillehammer | NOR |
| 8 | WCh Allround | Göteborg | SWE |
| 1996 | 4 | WCh Single Distances 5000 meters | Hamar | NOR |
| 2  | WCh Single Distances 10,000 meters | Hamar | NOR |
| 9 | WCh Allround | Inzell | GER |
| 4 | ECh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 1997 | 4 | WCh Single Distances 5000 meters | Warsaw | POL |
| 4 | WCh Single Distances 10,000 meters | Warsaw | POL |
| 6 | WCh Allround | Nagano | JPN |
| NC18 | ECh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 1998 | 17 | Olympic Games 1500 meters | Nagano | JPN |
| 3 | Olympic Games 5000 meters | Nagano | JPN |
| 4 | Olympic Games 10,000 meters | Nagano | JPN |
| 18 | WCh Single Distances 1500 meters | Calgary | CAN |
| 3 | WCh Single Distances 5000 meters | Calgary | CAN |
| 5 | WCh Single Distances 10,000 meters | Calgary | CAN |
| 4 | WCh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 4 | ECh Allround | Helsinki | FIN |
| 1999 | 2 | WCh Single Distances 5000 meters | Heerenveen | NED |
| 5 | WCh Single Distances 10,000 meters | Heerenveen | NED |
| 5 | WCh Allround | Hamar | NOR |
| 4 | ECh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 2000 | 6 | WCh Single Distances 5000 meters | Nagano | JPN |
| 5 | WCh Single Distances 10,000 meters | Nagano | JPN |
| 4 | WCh Allround | Milwaukee | USA |
| 5 | ECh Allround | Hamar | NOR |
| 2001 | 18 | WCh Single Distances 5000 meters | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 8 | WCh Single Distances 10,000 meters | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 3 | WCh Allround | Budapest | HUN |
| 2 | ECh Allround | Baselga di Pinè | ITA |
| 2002 | 8 | Olympic Games 5000 meters | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 9 | Olympic Games 10,000 meters | Salt Lake City | USA |
| 9 | WCh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 13 | ECh Allround | Erfurt | GER |
| 2003 | 18 | WCh Single Distances 5000 meters | Berlin | GER |
| 10 | WCh Single Distances 10,000 meters | Berlin | GER |
| 14 | ECh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 2004 | 18 | WCh Single Distances 5000 meters | Seoul | KOR |
| NC22 | ECh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 2005 | 9 | WCh Single Distances 5000 meters | Inzell | GER |
| 10 | WCh Single Distances 10,000 meters | Inzell | GER |
| 11 | WCh Allround | Moscow | RUS |
| 12 | ECh Allround | Heerenveen | NED |
| 2006 | 13 | Olympic Games 5000 meters | Turin | ITA |
| 14 | Olympic Games 10,000 meters | Turin | ITA |
| NC20 | ECh Allround | Hamar | NOR |
