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Gerben Jorritsma

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Gerben Jorritsma
Personal information
Born (1993-08-21) 21 August 1993 (age 31)
Diever, Netherlands
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro2013
Retired2020

Gerben Jorritsma (born 21 August 1993) is a Dutch former speed skater who specialized in the sprint distances.

Career

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He won the 1,500 meters 2015–16 ISU Speed Skating World Cup event in Calgary on 15 November 2015 in a personal record of 1:07,20, ahead of Russia's Pavel Kulizhnikov.[1] Jorritsma was a member of the Team LottoNL-Jumbo and later TalentNED. In the 2020-21 season he didn't have a sponsor and he had to quit with speed skating.[2] His cousin Jorjan Jorritsma was also a speed skater.[3]

Personal records

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Personal records[4]
Men's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m 34.53 22 November 2015 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m 1:07.20 14 November 2015 Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m 1:44.43 20 November 2015 Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
3000 m 3:51.01 18 January 2014 Eisstadion Inzell, Inzell
5000 m 6:47.28 11 March 2012 Kunstijsbaan Breda, Breda

Tournament overview

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Season
Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances
Dutch
Championships
Sprint
World
Championships
Junior
World
Cup
GWC

2012–13
GRONINGEN

18th 500m
20th 1000m
19th 500m
18th 1000m
19th overall
COLLALBO

2nd place, silver medalist(s) 500m
6th 3000m
8th 1500m
7th 5000m
5th overall
7th 5000m
6th team pursuit

2013–14
HEERENVEEN

11th 500m
18th 1000m
22nd 1500m
AMSTERDAM

14th 500m
DNS 1000m
DNS 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall

2014–15
HEERENVEEN

4th 500m
7th 1000m
17th 1500m
GRONINGEN

13th 500m
11th 1000m
7th 500m
5th 1000m
7th overall

15th 500m
26th mass start

2015–16
HEERENVEEN

DNF 500m
HEERENVEEN

6th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1000m
9th 500m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)) 1000m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) overall

23rd 500m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1000m
12th 1500m

2016–17
HEERENVEEN

11th 500m
11th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

11th 500m
9th 1000m
8th 500m
11th 1000m
10th overall

2017–18
HEERENVEEN

10th 500m
15th 1000m
18th 1500m

2018–19
HEERENVEEN

12th 500m
HEERENVEEN

8th 500m
6th 1000m
DQ 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall

2019–20
HEERENVEEN

16th 500m
14th 1000m
HEERENVEEN

7th 500m
DNS 1000m
DNS 500m
DNS 1000m
NC overall
DNS = Did not start
DNF = Did not finish
NC = No classification

source:[5] [6] [7] [8]

References

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  1. ^ "American breaks women's 1,000 record at speedskating World Cup". Chicago Tribune. 14 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Gerben Jorritsma (27) stopt met schaatsen: 'Heb geen andere keus'".
  3. ^ "Gerben Jorritsma". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Gerben Jorritsma". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Gerben Jorritsma". speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Gerben Jorritsma". speedskatingnews.info. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Gerben Jorritsma". speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Gerben Jorritsma". ISU.org. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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