Mark Tuitert

Mark Tuitert
Mark Tuitert at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver
Personal information
Born (1980-04-04) 4 April 1980
Holten, Netherlands
Website marktuitert.nl
Sport
Country Netherlands
Sport Speed skating
Turned pro 1998
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing the  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2010 Vancouver1500 m
2006 TurinTeam pursuit
2010 VancouverTeam pursuit
World Championships
2005 InzellTeam pursuit
2004 Seoul1500 m
2005 Inzell1500 m
European Championships
2004 HeerenveenAll round
2003 HeerenveenAll round
World Junior Championships
1999 GeithusAllround
1998 RosevilleAllround

Mark Tuitert (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrk ˈtœytərt]; born 4 April 1980) is a Dutch speed skater. He won gold at the 1500 m 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]

Besides being passionate about sports, Tuitert is an avid hard rock and grunge fan. He also told Dutch webzine Lords of Metal that he was "sold" after running into Metallica and Rage Against The Machine.[2]

Speed skating career

2006 Olympic Games in Turin

Tuitert participated in the team pursuit event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, with teammates Sven Kramer, Carl Verheijen, Erben Wennemars and Rintje Ritsma. The Dutch team was a 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 1500 m. In the 17th pair against Håvard Bøkko he set a new track record time (1:45.57), which had been in the hands of Shani Davis (1:46.19). In the last race Davis could not beat Tuitert's time and finished second.

The only other Dutch Olympic gold medal winners at the 1500 m are Kees Verkerk at the 1968 Winter Olympics and Ard Schenk at the 1972 Winter Olympics.

2014 Olympic Games in Sochi

At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Tuitert finished 10th in the 1000 m and 5th in the 1500 m.

Other

Tuitert is 17th on the adelskalender.[3] His highest ranking was 6th between 30 December 2000 and 2 March 2001.

Life after skating

After his speed skating career Tuitert co-founded First Energy Gum, a company which produces caffeinated Energy Gum for athletes. Besides that Tuitert is a pundit in speed skating for Dutch broadcaster NOS and online fitness coach for FitChannel.com.

Records

World records

DistanceTimeDateLocation
1500 m junior1:48.4519 March 1999Calgary
3000 m junior3:48.5619 March 1999Calgary
5000 m junior6:33.2620 March 1999Calgary
Allround151.69111 January 2004Heerenveen

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
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m35.2027 December 2009HeerenveenWR 34.03
1000 m1:07.8411 November 2007Salt Lake CityWR 1:07.00
1500 m1:42.8717 December 2007Salt Lake CityWR 1:42.32
3000 m3.41.1612 August 2005Salt Lake CityWR 3:39.02
5000 m6:27.639 January 2004HeerenveenWR 6:14.66
10000 m13:38.9111 January 2004HeerenveenWR 12:58.92
Big combination151.5368 February 2004HamarWR 151.691

Source: marktuitert.nl[4]

Tournament summary

Year Dutch Allround European Allround World Allround Dutch Sprint World Sprint Dutch Distance World Distance
Olympics		 World Juniors
97/982nd, silver medalist(s)
98/994th1st, gold medalist(s)
99/006th5th 1500 m
5th 5000 m
6th 10000 m
00/013rd, bronze medalist(s)NF34th 1000 m
2nd, silver medalist(s) 1500 m
9th 5000 m
01/02DNF 1000 m
13th 1500 m
18th 5000 m
02/032nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s)4th3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1500 m
10th 5000 m
03/043rd, bronze medalist(s)1st, gold medalist(s)5th6th 1000 m
2nd, silver medalist(s) 1500 m
4th 5000 m		2nd, silver medalist(s) 1500 m
04/053rd, bronze medalist(s)4th4th 1000 m
6th 1500 m
12th 5000 m		2nd, silver medalist(s) 1500 m
1st, gold medalist(s) team pursuit
05/061st, gold medalist(s)5th5th 1000 m
6th 1500 m		3rd, bronze medalist(s) team pursuit
06/074th8th5th 1000 m
DNF 1500 m
5th 5000 m
07/087th4th 1000 m
4th 1500 m		DNF 1000 m
6th 1500 m
08/093rd, bronze medalist(s)9th3rd, bronze medalist(s) 500 m
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1000 m
2nd, silver medalist(s) 1500 m		9th 1500 m
09/102nd, silver medalist(s)3rd, bronze medalist(s) 500 m
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 1000 m
2nd, silver medalist(s) 1500 m		5th 1000 m
1st, gold medalist(s) 1500 m
3rd, bronze medalist(s) team pursuit
10/112nd, silver medalist(s) 1500 m

References

  1. ↑ http://relatie.blog.nl/celebs-plebs/2010/02/21/gouden-mark-tuitert-vrouw-helen-een-ijselijk-huwelijk
  2. ↑ "Beroemde Headbangers: Mark Tuitert" (in Dutch). Lords of Metal. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
  3. ↑ Evert Stenlund (15 February 2010). "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
  4. ↑ "Mark Tuitert Biography". marktuitert.nl. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
Awards
Preceded by
Epke Zonderland		 Dutch Sportsman of the year
2010		 Succeeded by
Epke Zonderland
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