Mark Tuitert

Mark Tuitert

Mark Tuitert at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Personal information
Born	April 4, 1980 (1980-04-04) (age 31) Holten, Netherlands
Website	marktuitert.nl
Sport
Country	Netherlands
Turned pro	1998
Medal record Men's speed skating Competitor for the  Netherlands Olympic Games Gold 2010 Vancouver 1500 m Bronze 2006 Turin Team pursuit Bronze 2010 Vancouver Team pursuit World Championships Gold 2005 Inzell Team pursuit Silver 2004 Seoul 1500 m Silver 2005 Inzell 1500 m European Championships Gold 2004 Heerenveen All round Bronze 2003 Heerenveen All round World Junior Championships Gold 1999 Geithus Allround Silver 1998 Roseville Allround

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.

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]

Speed skating career

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.

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.

Other

Tuitert is currently 17th on the adelskalender.^[2] His highest ranking was 6th between 30 December 2000 and 2 March 2001.

Records

World Records

Distance	Time	Date	Location
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

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.

Personal records
Men's Speed skating
Distance	Time	Date	Location	Notes
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]

Tournament summary

year	Dutch Allround	European Allround	World Allround	Dutch Sprint	World Sprint	Dutch Distance	World Distance	Olympics	World Juniors
97/98
98/99	4th
99/00	6th					5th 1500 m 5th 5000 m 6th 10000 m
00/01		NF3				4th 1000 m 1500 m 9th 5000 m
01/02						DNF 1000 m 13th 1500 m 18th 5000 m
02/03			4th			1500 m 10th 5000 m
03/04			5th			6th 1000 m 1500 m 4th 5000 m	1500 m
04/05		4th				4th 1000 m 6th 1500 m 12th 5000 m	1500 m team pursuit
05/06				5th		5th 1000 m 6th 1500 m		team pursuit
06/07	4th	8th				5th 1000 m DNF 1500 m 5th 5000 m
07/08				7th		4th 1000 m 4th 1500 m	DNF 1000 m 6th 1500 m
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
10/11						1500 m

References

1. ^ http://relatie.blog.nl/celebs-plebs/2010/02/21/gouden-mark-tuitert-vrouw-helen-een-ijselijk-huwelijk
2. ^ Evert Stenlund (15 February 2010). "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. http://evertstenlund.se/adelm.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-16. 
3. ^ "Mark Tuitert Biography". marktuitert.nl. http://marktuitert.nl/bio/. Retrieved 2010-02-21. 

External links

• Photos of Mark Tuitert
• Official website Mark Tuitert

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Name	Tuitert, Mark
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Date of birth	April 4, 1980
Place of birth	Holten, Netherlands
Date of death
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