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| Medal
record |
| Women’s speed skating |
| Olympic Games |
| Gold |
1998 Nagano |
1000 m |
| Gold |
1998 Nagano |
1500 m |
| Gold |
2006 Turin |
1000 m |
| World Championships |
| Gold |
1997 Warsaw |
1000 m |
| Gold |
1999 Heerenveen |
1000 m |
| Gold |
2004 Nagano |
Sprint |
| Silver |
2000 Nagano |
1000 m |
| Silver |
2004 Seoul |
1000 m |
| Bronze |
2000 Seoul |
Sprint |
| Bronze |
1997 Warsaw |
1500 m |
| Bronze |
1999 Heerenveen |
500 m |
Maria Aaltje ("Marianne") Timmer (born October
3, 1974 in Sappemeer) is
a Dutch speed
skater specializing in the middle distances (1000 and
1500 m). At the 1998 Winter Olympics Timmer won a
gold medal in both these events.
In 1999 she won the 1000 m
in the World Single Distance
Championships and in 2004
became world champion in the sprint. In 2006, she won the 1000 m in the Olympic Games in
Turin. This made her the first skater from the Netherlands to win a
gold medal at two different Winter Games.
She is married to the goalkeeper Henk Timmer. Although they
share their surname they are not related. She was previously
married to her former coach Peter Mueller.
On November 13, 2009, at a World Cup speedskating
event in Heerenveen, Netherlands, Timmer sustained breaks in
her heel bone when she crashed after Chinese skater Jing Yu fell in
front of her during a 500 meter race. Because of the crash, Timmer
will not be able to defend her Olympic title in the Vancouver
Olympics in February, 2010.
| Personal
records |
| Women's speed skating |
| Distance |
Time |
Date |
Location |
Notes |
| 500 m |
37.86 |
2007-11-17 |
Calgary |
|
| 1000 m |
1.14.45 |
2002-02-17 |
Salt Lake City |
|
| 1500 m |
1.57.58 |
1998-02-16 |
Nagano |
|
| 3000 m |
4.15.76 |
2001-02-21 |
Calgary |
|
| 5000 m |
7.53.32 |
1994-03-17 |
Heerenveen |
|
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