Mark Tuitert
 Mark Tuitert at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver |
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| Born | April 4, 1980 Holten, Netherlands |
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| Website | marktuitert.nl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Tuitert Dutch pronunciation: [mɑɾk tœytəɹt]; born April 4, 1980 in Holten, Overijssel) is a Dutch speed skater. He won gold at the 1500m sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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[edit] Personal life
Tuitert married fellow Dutch speed skater Helen van Goozen in 2009. Ten years earlier, they both won gold medals at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships.[1]
[edit] Speed skating career
[edit] 2006 Olympic Games in Turin
Tuitert participated in the team pursuit event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, with team mates Sven Kramer, Carl Verheijen, Erben Wennemars and Rintje Ritsma. The Dutch team was favourite and was leading Italy by nearly a full second in their semifinal matchup, but Sven Kramer stepped on a block and fell, taking Carl Verheijen with him. In the race for bronze, they defeated Norway, giving Tuitert his first Olympic medal.
[edit] 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver
At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, he won the gold medal in the 1500m. In the 17th race against Håvard Bøkko he set a new track record time (1:45.57), which was in hands of Shani Davis(1:46.19) . In the last race Davis could not beat Tuiterts time and became second.
The only other Dutch speedskaters winning a Olympic gold medal at the 1500 m were Ard Schenk at the 1972 Winter Olympics and Kees Verkerk at the 1968 Winter Olympics.
[edit] Other
Tuitert is currently 17th on the adelskalender.[2] His highest ranking was 6th between 30 December 2000 and 2 March 2001.
[edit] Records
[edit] World Records
| Distance | Time | Date | Location |
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| 1500 m Men Junior | 1:48.45 | March 19, 1999 |  Calgary |
| 3000 m Men Junior | 3:48.56 | March 19, 1999 | Calgary |
| 5000 m Men Junior | 6:33.26 | March 20, 1999 | Calgary |
| Allround Men | 151.691 | January 11, 2004 |  Heerenveen |
[edit] Personal records
To put his personal records in perspective, the column WR lists the official world records on the dates that Tuitert skated his personal records.
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| Distance | Time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500 m | 35.20 | December 27, 2009 | Heerenveen |
WR 34.03 |
| 1,000 m | 1:07.84 | November 11, 2007 |  Salt Lake City |
WR 1:07.00 |
| 1,500 m | 1:42.87 | December 17, 2007 | Salt Lake City |
WR 1:42.32 |
| 3,000 m | 3.41,16 | August 12, 2005 | Salt Lake City |
WR 3:39.02 |
| 5,000 m | 6:27.63 | January 9, 2004 | Heerenveen |
WR 6:14.66 |
| 10,000 m | 13:38.91 | January 11, 2004 | Heerenveen |
WR 12:58.92 |
| Big combination | 151.536 | February 8, 2004 |  Hamar |
WR 151.691 |
Source: marktuitert.nl [3]
[edit] Tournament summary
| year | Dutch Allround | European Allround | World Allround | Dutch Sprint | World Sprint | Dutch Distance | World Distance |  Olympics |
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| 98/99 | 4th |  |
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| 99/00 | 6th | 5th 1500 m 5th 5000 m 6th 10000 m |
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NF3 | 4th 1000 m 1500 m 9th 5000 m |
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| 01/02 | DNF 1000 m 13th 1500 m 18th 5000 m |
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4th | 1500 m 10th 5000 m |
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| 03/04 | |
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5th | 6th 1000 m 1500 m 4th 5000 m |
1500 m |
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| 04/05 | |
4th | 4th 1000 m 6th 1500 m 12th 5000 m |
1500 m team pursuit |
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| 05/06 | |
5th | 5th 1000 m 6th 1500 m |
team pursuit |
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| 06/07 | 4th | 8th | 5th 1000 m DNF 1500 m 5th 5000 m |
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| 07/08 | 7th | 4th 1000 m 4th 1500 m |
DNF 1000 m 6th 1500 m |
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| 08/09 | |
9th | 500 m 1000 m 1500 m |
9th 1500 m | |||||
| 09/10 | |
500 m 1000 m 1500 m |
5th 1000 m 1500 m team pursuit |
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| 10/11 | 1500 m |
[edit] References
- ^ http://relatie.blog.nl/celebs-plebs/2010/02/21/gouden-mark-tuitert-vrouw-helen-een-ijselijk-huwelijk
- ^ Evert Stenlund (15 February 2010). "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. http://evertstenlund.se/adelm.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- ^ "Mark Tuitert Biography". marktuitert.nl. http://marktuitert.nl/bio/. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
[edit] External links
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| Preceded by Epke Zonderland |
Dutch Sportsman of the year 2010 |
Succeeded by Epke Zonderland |
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Holten
- Dutch speed skaters
- Speed skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics
- Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic speed skaters of the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in speed skating
