Ids Postma

Ids Hylke Postma (born 28 December 1973) is a Dutch former speed skater.

In his first year as senior skater, he became Dutch Allround Champion, finished second behind Johann Olav Koss at the World Allround Championships, and came 4th in the European Championships, but nevertheless did not qualify for the Dutch Olympic team.

Also in 1998, he was the first skater who skated an official world record on the 1,500 meters below 1:50.00: Postma did this in Berlin.

In October 2004 Postma announced his retirement[3] and nowadays he lives on his farm in Deersum.

He married German speed skater Anni Friesinger on 11 August 2009 in Salzburg.