Marianne Timmer

Marianne Timmer

Marianne Timmer
Personal information
Born	October 3, 1974 (1974-10-03) Sappemeer, Netherlands
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Medal record Women’s speed skating Competitor for the Netherlands Olympic Games Gold 1998 Nagano 1000 m Gold 1998 Nagano 1500 m Gold 2006 Turin 1000 m World Championships Gold 1997 Warsaw 1000 m Gold 1999 Heerenveen 1000 m Gold 2004 Nagano Sprint Silver 2000 Nagano 1000 m Silver 2004 Seoul 1000 m Bronze 2000 Seoul Sprint Bronze 1997 Warsaw 1500 m Bronze 1999 Heerenveen 500 m

Maria Aaltje ("Marianne") Timmer (born October 3, 1974 in Sappemeer) is a Dutch speed skater specializing in the middle distances (1000 and 1500 m). At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a gold medal in both these events.

Personal life

She is married to ex-goalkeeper Henk Timmer. She was previously married to her former coach Peter Mueller.

Speed skating career

In 1999 she won the 1000 m in the World Single Distance Championships and in 2004 became world champion in the sprint. In 2006, she won the 1000 m in the Olympic Games in Turin. This made her the first skater from the Netherlands to win a gold medal at two different Winter Games.

On November 13, 2009, at a World Cup speedskating event in Heerenveen, Netherlands, Timmer sustained breaks in her heel bone when she crashed after Chinese skater Jing Yu fell in front of her during a 500 meter race. Because of the crash, Timmer did not defend her Olympic title in the Vancouver Olympics in February, 2010.

Records

Personal records

Personal records
Women's speed skating
Distance	Time	Date	Location	Notes
500 m	37.86	November 17, 2007	Calgary
1000 m	1.14.45	February 17, 2002	Salt Lake City
1500 m	1.57.58	February 16, 1998	Nagano
3000 m	4.15.76	February 21, 2001	Calgary
5000 m	7.53.32	March 17, 1994	Heerenveen

World Records

Distance	Time	Date	Location
1,500 m	1:57.58	February 16, 1998	Nagano
Small Allround	163.315	March 16, 1997	Calgary

Tournament summary

year	Dutch Distance	Dutch Allround	Dutch Sprint	Olympics	World Cup	World Distance	World Sprint	World Juniors
1993							27e
1994	1000m 10e 1500m 11e 3000m				26e 500m 26e 1000m 39e 1500m		23e
1995	14e 1500m		NS4		27e 500m 41e 1000m 28e 1500m
1996	500m 1000m 1500m 4e 3000m 8e 5000m	6e	6e		52e 1000m 44e 1500m 32e 3k/5k
1997					8e 500m 4e 1000m 6e 1500m	4e 500m 1000m 1500m	6e
1998	500m 1000m 1500m			6e 500m 1000m 1500m	16e 500m 7e 1000m 9e 1500m	14e 500m 8e 1000m NF 1500m	8e
1999	500m 1000m 4e 1500m 7e 3000m				10e 500m 7e 1000m 10e 1500m	500m 1000m	4e
2000	500m 1000m 8e 1500m	7e			11e 500m 8e 1000m 18e 1500m 30e 3k/5k	10e 500m 1000m
2001	500m 1000m 7e 1500m				20e 500m 11e 1000m 29e 1500m	9e 500m 8e 1000m	6e
2002	500m 1000m 1500m			8e 500m 4e 1000m 21e 1500m	17e 500m 9e 1000m 14e 1500m		10e
2003	500m 1000m 15e 1500m				10e 500m 4e 1000m 20e 1500m	9e 500m 4e 1000m	8e
2004	500m 1000m 1500m				500m 1000m 6e 1500m	5e 500m 1000m 9e 1500m
2005	500m 1000m 1500m				7e 500m 1000m 15e 1500m	10e 500m 1000m	11e
2006	500m 1000m 14e 1500m			DQ 500m 1000m 14e 1500m	13e 500m 6e 1000m		4e
2007	500m 1000m				16e 100m 14e 500m 4e 1000m		NS3
2008	500m 6e 1000m				15e 100m 6e 500m 8e 1000m	6e 500m	5e
2009	4e 500m 9e 1000m				24e 100m 15e 500m 27e 1000m	11e 500m
2010	500m 1000m				31e 500m 24e 1000m
2011	fell 500m 10e 1000m		NS2

External links

• Marianne Timmer at SkateResults.com
• Photos of Marianne Timmer
• Olympic Medal Winners
• Erotic pictorial book of Marianne Timmer and Anni Friesinger
• Profile page of Marianne Timmer on Teamliga.nl

Awards
Preceded by Tonny de Jong	Dutch Sportswoman of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Leontien van Moorsel
Preceded by Ids Postma	Ard Schenk Award 1998	Succeeded by Rintje Ritsma
Preceded by Gretha Smit	Ard Schenk Award 2004	Succeeded by Renate Groenewold
Preceded by Renate Groenewold	Ard Schenk Award 2006	Succeeded by Ireen Wüst