Margot Boer

Margot Madelaine Boer (born 7 August 1985) is a Dutch former speed skater. She is specialised in the 500, 1000 and 1500 m.

Margot Boer
Boer in 2009
Personal information
Born (1985-08-07) 7 August 1985
Woubrugge, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Turned pro2006
Retired2016

Sports career

After spending a few years at local teams in the South Holland area, Boer was seen as one of the Netherlands main future talents and was offered a contract at the KNSB youth development team for the 2006–07 season. In the years before she already participated in several World Cup meetings.

Her first success in her new team was winning a gold medal on the 500 m at the 2007 KNSB Dutch Single Distance Championships. She won the both races beating all the opponents, including favourites such as Marianne Timmer and Annette Gerritsen.

2010 Winter Olympics

Boer qualified to participate in all of her specialty distances at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. She just missed out on medals in each of them, coming in 4th on both the 500 and 1500 m and 6th on the 1000 m, 0.22, 0.14, and 0.22 seconds from winning a bronze medal, respectively.

2014 Winter Olympics

On 11 February 2014, Boer won the bronze medal in the women's 500 m longtrack speedskating event at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.[1] This is the first medal at the Olympic women's 500 m longtrack speedskating event for the Netherlands.[2] Two days later on 13 February 2014 Boer also won the bronze medal in the women's longtrack 1000 m event, making her the nation's first female skater to win Olympic medals on both sprint distances.

Performance

Personal records

Personal records[3]
Women's speed skating
Event Result Date Location Notes
500 m37.2815 November 2013Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1000 m1:13.7717 November 2013Utah Olympic Oval, Salt Lake City
1500 m1:57.0029 December 2013Thialf, Heerenveen
3000 m4:35.7026 February 2005IJsbaan van Groningen, Groningen
5000 m8:12.5626 February 2006IJsbaan van Groningen, Groningen

Results timeline

SeasonDutch SDDutch SprintWorld SprintWorld SDOlympic GamesWorld Cup
2003–0420th 1000 m14thDid not participateNot heldDid not
participate
2004–058th 500 m
14th 1000 m
Did not participate35th 500 m
20th 1000 m
2005–066th 500 m
11th 1000 m
6thDid not participate14th 100 m
18th 500 m
18th 1000 m
2006–07 500 m
5th 1000 m
5th 1500 m
6th10th 2x500 m
7th 1000 m
Not held19th 100 m
8th 500 m
12th 1000 m
30th 1500 m
2007–08 500 m
22nd 1000 m
Did not participate30th 500 m
13th 1000 m
26th 1500 m
2008–09 500 m
7th 1000 m
17th 1500 m
4th6th 2x500 m
1000 m
21st 100 m
500 m
5th 1000 m
2009–10 500 m
1000 m
Did not
participate
Not held4th 2x500 m
6th 1000 m
4th 1500 m
500 m
1000 m
13th 1500 m
2010–11 500 m
1000 m
7th 1500 m
7th 2x500 m
6th 1000 m
Not held 500 m
1000 m
17th 1500 m
2011–12 500 m
4th 1000 m
4th 1500 m
4th9th 2x500 m
1000 m
4th 500 m
4th 1000 m
16th 1500 m
2012–13 500 m
7th 1000 m
7th16th 2x500 m8th 500 m
10th 1000 m
2013–14 500 m
4th 1000 m
7th 1500 m
4thNot held 2x500 m
1000 m
6th 500 m
5th 1000 m
11th GWC
2014–15 500 m
8th 1000 m
15th 1500 m
7th11th 2x500 mNot held8th 500 m
19th 1000 m
24th GWC
2015–16 500 m
5th 1000 m
11th 2x500 m

[4][5]

References

  1. James O'Brien (11 February 2014). "Heather Richardson falls short of medal, Lee Sang-hwa wins 500m gold". NBC News.
  2. (in Dutch) Lisette van der Geest; Pieter Sabel (11 February 2014). "Live – Margot Boer wint brons" (in Dutch). Volkskrant.nl.
  3. "Margot Boer". www.speedskatingresults.com. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  4. "Margot Boer". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  5. "Margot Boer". www.speedskatingstats.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
Awards
Preceded by
Paulien van Deutekom
Ard Schenk Award
2009
Succeeded by
Ireen Wüst
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