Annette Gerritsen
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Born | Ilpendam, Netherlands | 11 October 1985||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | AnnetteGerritsen.nl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Speed skating | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Annette Albertine Gerritsen (born 11 October 1985) is a Dutch former
Skating career
Gerritsen's breakthrough came during the 2004–05 speed skating season when she won the bronze medal in the 500 m at the 2005 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships. She won another bronze medal that same year at the 2005 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships and qualified for the 2005 ISU World Sprint Championships where she finished in 17th position.
2005–06 season
The year after, at the 2006 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships she improved her bronze 500 m medal to a silver and was also able to win a bronze medal in the 1000 m. She then successfully defended her bronze medal at the 2006 KNSB Dutch Sprint Championships and also managed to qualify for both the 2006 ISU World Sprint Championships and the 2006 Winter Olympics. While her Sprint Championships were successful when she finished in 6th position her Olympics were disappointing. Gerritsen qualified in two distances. She finished 12th in the 500 m and 23rd in the 1000 m.
2006–07 season
In the 2006–07 pre-season Gerritsen showed her potential to become the fastest Dutch sprint speed skater when beating teammate
Gerritsen used to date multiple Olympic speed skating medallist Sven Kramer.
2010 Olympics
Gerritsen won silver in the 1000 m at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver with a time of 1.16.58, only a fiftieth of a second behind gold medallist Christine Nesbitt of Canada.[2]
Personal bests
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Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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500 m | 37.63 | 17 November 2007 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
1000 m | 1.14.33 | 29 January 2012 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
1500 m | 1.55.91 | 17 November 2007 | Olympic Oval, Calgary | |
3000 m | 4.14.08 | 11 March 2005 | Olympic Oval, Calgary |
References
- ^ "NOSSTUDIOSPORT - Gerritsen snelste op WB-sprint". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30.
- ^ "Ladies' 1000 m - 1000m : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". www.vancouver2010.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Annette Gerritsen". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
External links
- Annette Gerritsen at the International Skating Union
- Annette Gerritsen at Olympics.com
- Annette Gerritsen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-09-16)
- Fan website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2018-12-20)
- Photos of Annette Gerritsen at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-01-31)
- Annette Gerritsen at Teamliga.nl at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-01-01) (in Dutch)