Kramer may have returned from Beijing today without a medal around his neck, but he will soon forget that disappointment when he arrived at Schiphol. His daughter Kae was waiting for him there and turned out to have a medal for her father. A cardboard gold sign hung around her neck, with “Papa 1” written on it. Kramer has been in a relationship with Naomi van As since February 2008, who played 229 international matches for the Dutch hockey team. On October 21, 2018, they became the proud parents of Kae, who has been following the Winter Olympics with great interest via television for the past few weeks.
The Frisian was four times Olympic champion and won 21 world titles. Since his debut with the seniors in November 2004, Kramer has won seven National Championships all-round, seventeen National Championships single distances, twelve European Championships, two European Championships distances, fourteen World Championships all-round and eleven World Championships distances. He was five times at the Olympics.