Marrit Leenstra (speed skater)

Marrit Leenstra[1] (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɑrɪt ˈleːnstraː]; born 10 May 1989) is a Dutch former long track speed skater.

Marrit Leenstra
Marrit Leenstra
Personal information
Born (1989-05-10) 10 May 1989
Wijckel, Netherlands
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Websitemarrit-leenstra.nl
Sport
Country Netherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro2008
Retired2018

Skating career

In the 2007 season she made her World Cup debut in Moscow.[2]

In the 2008 season she skated a junior world record in the 1500 meters at the World Cup in Salt Lake City.[3] Later this season she qualified for the European Championships and ranked 6th after all four distances. With this result she qualified for the World Allround. At the World Allround Championships in Berlin she placed 12th after four distances. In February 2008, Leenstra was crowned the World Junior Speed Skating Champion in Changchun, China. At the end of the season in March 2008 she improved the junior world records on the 1000[4] and 1500 meters[3] and the mini combination.[5] The latter two are still current junior world records.[6]

In the 2009 season Marrit Leenstra did not qualify for the European Championships, World Sprint Championships or World Allround Championships, however she did qualify for the World Single Distance Championships in the 1500 metres where she finished tenth.

After a disappointing 2010 season, where she failed to qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics, she had a breakthrough 2011 season. Leenstra won the Dutch Allround Championships and placed third in the European Championships and fourth in the World Allround Championships. Also she placed fourth in the World Single Distances at the 1000 meters, second in the World Single Distances at the team pursuit and second in the World Cup standings for the 1500 meters, including a World Cup win in Salt Lake City.

Leenstra retired from competitive skating in August 2018.

Personal life

Leenstra is married to Italian Olympic gold medalist Matteo Anesi.[7][8][9][10]

Records

Personal records

Personal records[11]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m37.953 December 2017Olympic Oval, Calgary
1000 m1.13.722 December 2017Olympic Oval, Calgary
1500 m1:52.063 December 2017Olympic Oval, Calgary
3000 m4:02.7412 February 2011Olympic Oval, Calgary
5000 m7:06.7413 February 2011Olympic Oval, Calgary
Sprint allround150.46529 January 2012Olympic Oval, Calgary
Mini allround156.36012–13 March 2008Olympic Oval, Calgary
Small allround159.62013 February 2012Olympic Oval, Calgary

World records

World records[12]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
1500 m jr.1:56.4710 November 2007Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake CityWorld record for juniors until beaten by herself on 12 March 2008.[3]
1500 m jr.1:55.1412 March 2008Olympic Oval, CalgaryWorld record for juniors until beaten by Joy Beune on 9 March 2018.[3]
1000 m jr.1:15.4113 March 2008Olympic Oval, CalgaryWorld record for juniors until beaten by Kim Hyun-yung on 10 November 2013.[4]
Mini combination jr.156.36012–13 March 2008Olympic Oval, CalgaryWorld record for juniors until beaten by Joy Beune on 10 March 2018.[5]

Tournament results

Junior

  Season     Category    Dutch Allround   Dutch Sprint   World Allround 
 2003/04  Juniors C 3rd
 2004/05  Juniors B 5th 7th
 2005/06  Juniors B
 2006/07  Juniors A 4th
 2007/08  Juniors A

After the 2008 season, she continued as a senior speed skater.

Senior

  Season   Dutch
Single Distance
 Dutch Sprint   Dutch Allround  European
Single Distance
European
Sprint
European
Allround
World
Single Distance
 World Sprint  World Allround  World Cup  Olympic Games
 2006/07  15th 500 m
9th 1500 m
 12th 3000 m 
13th N/A N/A 50th 1500 m N/A
 2007/08  9th 500 m
4th 1000 m
1500 m
 10th 3000 m 
4th 6th 12th 19th 1000 m
23rd 1500 m
 2008/09  17th 500 m
5th 1000 m
1500 m
8th 3000 m
4th 5th 28th 1000 m
11th 1500 m
 2009/10  15th 1000 m
10th 1500 m
12th 3000 m
9th N/A 41st 1500 m did not
participate
 2010/11  500 m
1000 m
1500 m
3000 m
4th 1000 m
  team pursuit 
4th 40th 500 m
9th 1000 m
1500 m
33rd 3000/5000 m
N/A
 2011/12  1000 m
1500 m
9th 3000 m
did not
participate
8th 13th 1000 m
1500 m
 2012/13  5th 500 m
1000 m
1500 m
8th 1000 m
  team pursuit 
11th 24th 500 m
9th 1000 m
1500 m
 2013/14  4th 500 m
1000 m
4th 1500 m
5th N/A 37th 500 m
11th 1000 m
5th 1500 m
12th GWC
19th 500 m
6th 1000 m
4th 1500 m
team pursuit
 2014/15  1000 m
1500 m
11th 3000m
4th DSQ 7th 1000 m
5th 1500 m
  team pursuit 
1000 m
1500 m
5th GWC
N/A
 2015/16  500 m
1000 m
1500 m
12th 3000m
7th 1000 m
6th 1500 m
  team pursuit 
4th 26th 500 m
1000 m
1500 m
5th GWC
 2016/17  4th 500 m
1000 m
1500 m
4th 4th 1000 m
4th 1500 m
  team pursuit 
17th 500 m
1000 m
1500 m
5th GWC
 2017/18  500 m
1000 m
1500 m
1000 m
1500 m
team pursuit
N/A N/A N/A 4th 20th 500 m
1000 m
1500 m
GWC
6th 1000 m
1500 m
team pursuit

Note: First European Sprint Championship was held in January 2017.
           During Olympic seasons World Single Distance Championships are not held.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Skating Union (ISU).[13]

winner  1 ; second  2 ; third  3 ; did not compete (–); did not finish (nf); 5000 m races (*); division B races    
  Season   500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000/5000 m Team pursuit Team sprint
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Points 1 2 3 4 5 Points 1 2 3 4 Points
2006/07 N/A N/A 6 N/A 240 N/A
6 –* –*
2007/08 N/A 122 67 N/A 136 N/A
22 19 4 13 7 9 11 20 8 –* –*
2008/09 N/A 64 177 N/A 200 N/A
6 2 11 6 13 11 6 12 –* –* 1
2009/10 N/A 0 10 N/A 185 N/A
27 17 27 –*
2010/11 11 250 466 25 300 N/A
20 19 7 6 6 2 3 2 4 1 2 1 –* –* 3 1
2011/12 N/A 420 401 N/A 140 N/A
3 4 5 6 2 3 6 3 7 12 3 2 2 –* –* 2 nf
2012/13 89 343 411 N/A 400 N/A
15 14 12 14 16 17 4 4 5 5 6 4 10 2 1 2 6 3 8 –* –* 2 3 1 1
2013/14 17 140 242 N/A 450 N/A
6 4 5 6 6 4 4 9 4 –* 1 1
2014/15 N/A 507 410 N/A 350 N/A
1 2 4 8 6 2 3 2 1 3 3 4 –* 1 1 1
2015/16 70 465 396 N/A 380 314
18 2 11 4 5 4 6 4 5 3 3 2 4 5 4 3 3 3 5 –* 1 2 2 2
2016/17 126 451 460 N/A 430 290
11 10 14 17 16 8 2 8 3 2 4 2 6 2 3 2 4 2 4 –* 1 1 2 9 1
2017/18 120 420 390 N/A 280 230
17 1 1 4 4 4 3 2 1 20 1 2 2 2 2 –* nf 2 2 2

Note: Points column in team sprint and team pursuit events represents the point score of Netherlands team, hence results from the World Cup races that Leenstra did not participate are included.

World Cup podiums

  • 18 wins
  • 69 podiums
  Season   500 m 1000 m 1500 m 3000/5000 m Team pursuit Team sprint Total
2008/091N/A1
2009/10N/A
2010/11112111N/A232
2011/1212221N/A44
2012/13121211N/A332
2013/142N/A2
2014/151211123N/A533
2015/1612313145
2016/173131211372
2017/18111421181
Total 000297314100001282110183219
01827022269

Individual podiums

  • 5 wins
  • 45 podiums
 No.    Season   Date Location Venue    Discipline     Place 
1 2010/11 4 November 2010 Heerenveen, Netherlands  Thialf1500 m3rd
228 November 2010 Hamar, NorwayVikingskipet1500 m2nd
319 February 2011 Salt Lake City, USAUtah Olympic Oval1500 m1st
44 March 2011 Heerenveen, NetherlandsThialf1500 m2nd
56 March 2011 Heerenveen, NetherlandsThialf1000 m2nd
6 2011/12 19 November 2011 Chelyabinsk, RussiaUralskaya Molniya1000 m3rd
720 November 2011 Chelyabinsk, RussiaUralskaya Molniya1500 m3rd
822 January 2012 Salt Lake City, USAUtah Olympic Oval1000 m2nd
911 February 2012 Hamar, NorwayVikingskipet1500 m3rd
103 March 2012 Heerenveen, NetherlandsThialf1500 m2nd
114 March 2012 Heerenveen, NetherlandsThialf1000 m3rd
1210 March 2012 Berlin, GermanySportforum Hohenschönhausen1500 m2nd
13 2012/13 17 November 2012 Heerenveen, NetherlandsThialf1500 m2nd
1424 November 2012 Kolomna, RussiaKolomna Speed Skating Center1500 m1st
152 December 2012 Astana, KazakhstanAlau Ice Palace1500 m2nd
162 March 2013 Erfurt, Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle 1500 m3rd
17 2014/15 15 November 2014 Obihiro, JapanMeiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval1000 m1st
1816 November 2014 Obihiro, JapanMeiji Hokkaido-Tokachi Oval1500 m2nd
1922 November 2014 Seoul, South KoreaTaereung International Ice Rink1500 m1st
2023 November 2014 Seoul, South KoreaTaereung International Ice Rink1000 m2nd
217 December 2014 Berlin, GermanySportforum Hohenschönhausen1500 m3rd
2214 December 2014 Heerenveen, NetherlandsThialf1500 m3rd
238 February 2015 Heerenveen, NetherlandsThialf1000 m2nd
2422 March 2015 Erfurt, GermanyGunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle1000 m3rd
25 2015/16 6 December 2015 Inzell, GermanyEisstadion Inzell1500 m3rd
2612 December 2015 Heerenveen, NetherlandsThialf1000 m3rd
2713 December 2015 Heerenveen, NetherlandsThialf1500 m3rd
2829 January 2016 Stavanger, NorwaySørmarka Arena1000 m3rd
2930 January 2016 Stavanger, NorwaySørmarka Arena1500 m3rd
3031 January 2016 Stavanger, NorwaySørmarka Arena1000 m2nd
31 2016/17 12 November 2016 Harbin, ChinaHeilongjiang Indoor Rink1000 m2nd
3213 November 2016 Harbin, ChinaHeilongjiang Indoor Rink1500 m2nd
3320 November 2016 Nagano, JapanM-Wave1500 m3rd
343 December 2016 Astana, KazakhstanAlau Ice Palace1000 m3rd
354 December 2016 Astana, KazakhstanAlau Ice Palace1500 m2nd
3611 December 2016 Heerenveen, NetherlandsThialf1000 m2nd
3728 January 2017 Berlin, GermanySportforum Hohenschönhausen1500 m2nd
3829 January 2017 Berlin, GermanySportforum Hohenschönhausen1000 m2nd
39 2017/18 2 December 2017 Calgary, CanadaOlympic Oval1000 m3rd
403 December 2017 Calgary, CanadaOlympic Oval1500 m2nd
419 December 2017 Salt Lake City, USAUtah Olympic Oval1500 m2nd
4219 January 2018 Erfurt, GermanyGunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle1000 m2nd
4320 January 2018 Erfurt, GermanyGunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle1500 m2nd
4417 March 2018 Minsk, BelarusMinsk-Arena1000 m1st
4518 March 2018 Minsk, BelarusMinsk-Arena1500 m2nd

Team podiums

  • 13 wins – (12 TP, 1 TS)
  • 24 podiums – (22 TP, 2 TS)
 No.    Season   Date Location Venue    Discipline     Place 
1 2008/09 16 November 2008 Heerenveen, Netherlands  Thialf Team pursuit 1st with Ireen Wüst and Renate Groenewold
2 2010/11 28 November 2010 Hamar, NorwayVikingskipetTeam pursuit3rd with Jorien Voorhuis and Marije Joling
330 January 2011 Moscow, RussiaKrylatskoye Skating HallTeam pursuit1st with Ireen Wüst and Diane Valkenburg
4 2011/12 20 November 2011 Chelyabinsk, RussiaUralskaya MolniyaTeam pursuit2nd with Ireen Wüst and Diane Valkenburg
5 2012/13 18 November 2012 Heerenveen, Netherlands  ThialfTeam pursuit2nd with Diane Valkenburg and Marije Joling
62 December 2012 Astana, KazakhstanAlau Ice PalaceTeam pursuit3rd with Diane Valkenburg and Linda de Vries
73 March 2013 Erfurt, Germany Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann Halle Team pursuit1st with Ireen Wüst and Diane Valkenburg
88 March 2013 Heerenveen, Netherlands  ThialfTeam pursuit1st with Ireen Wüst and Linda de Vries
9 2013/14 8 December 2013 Berlin, GermanySportforum HohenschönhausenTeam pursuit1st with Ireen Wüst and Jorien ter Mors
1016 March 2014 Heerenveen, Netherlands  ThialfTeam pursuit1st with Lotte van Beek and Linda de Vries
11 2014/15 15 November 2014 Obihiro, JapanMeiji Hokkaido-Tokachi OvalTeam pursuit1st with Ireen Wüst and Marije Joling
126 December 2014 Berlin, GermanySportforum HohenschönhausenTeam pursuit1st with Ireen Wüst and Marije Joling
1313 December 2014 Heerenveen, Netherlands  ThialfTeam pursuit1st with Linda de Vries and Carlijn Achtereekte 
14 2015/16 14 November 2015 Calgary, CanadaOlympic OvalTeam pursuit1st with Antoinette de Jong and Marije Joling
155 December 2015 Inzell, GermanyEisstadion InzellTeam pursuit2nd with Antoinette de Jong and Marije Joling
1612 December 2015 Heerenveen, Netherlands  ThialfTeam pursuit2nd with Antoinette de Jong and Linda de Vries
1712 March 2016 Heerenveen, Netherlands  ThialfTeam pursuit2nd with Ireen Wüst and Antoinette de Jong
18 2016/17 12 November 2016 Harbin, ChinaHeilongjiang Indoor RinkTeam pursuit1st with Ireen Wüst and Antoinette de Jong
1919 November 2016 Nagano, JapanM-WaveTeam pursuit1st with Antoinette de Jong and Marije Joling
203 December 2016 Astana, KazakhstanAlau Ice PalaceTeam pursuit2nd with Antoinette de Jong and Linda de Vries
2113 March 2017 Stavanger, NorwaySørmarka ArenaTeam sprint1st with Floor van den Brandt and Anice Das
22 2017/18 8 December 2017 Salt Lake City, USAUtah Olympic OvalTeam pursuit2nd with Melissa Wijfje and Lotte van Beek
2317 March 2018 Minsk, BelarusMinsk-ArenaTeam pursuit2nd with Antoinette de Jong and Lotte van Beek
2418 March 2018 Minsk, BelarusMinsk-ArenaTeam sprint2nd with Letitia de Jong and Lotte van Beek

References

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