Mark Tuitert
Mark Jan Hendrik 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.
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| Born | 4 April 1980 Holten, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | marktuitert.nl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Speed skating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 a Dutch webzine[2] that he was "sold" after running into Metallica and Rage Against the Machine.[3]
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 heat, Davis failed by 0.13 seconds to improve on Tuitert's time and finished second.
Until then, the only other Dutch Olympic gold medal winners in the 1500 meters speed skating were 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 highest ranking on the adelskalender.[4] was the 6th position 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. Tuitert is also a pundit in speed skating for Dutch broadcaster NOS and an online fitness coach for FitChannel.com.
Records
World records
| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 1500 meter | 1:48.45 | 20 March 1999 | Calgary | Junior world record until 17 March 2001 |
| 3000 meter | 3:48.56 | 19 March 1999 | Calgary | Junior world record until 21 March 2002 |
| 5000 meter | 6:33.26 | 20 March 1999 | Calgary | Junior world record until 3 March 2001 |
| Big combination classification | 151.691 | 11 January 2004 | Heerenveen | World record until 8 February 2004 |
| Team pursuit** | 3:46.44 | 21 November 2004 | Berlin | World record until 12 November 2005 |
- ** Together with Carl Verheijen and Erben Wennemars
Personal records
To put his personal records in perspective, the column Notes lists the official world records on the dates that Tuitert skated his personal records.
| Personal records | ||||
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| Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 500 meter | 35.20 | 27 December 2009 | Heerenveen | WR 34.03 |
| 1000 meter | 1:07.84 | 11 November 2007 | Salt Lake City | WR 1:07.00 |
| 1500 meter | 1:42.87 | 17 December 2007 | Salt Lake City | WR 1:42.32 |
| 3000 meter | 3.41.16 | 12 August 2005 | Salt Lake City | WR 3:39.02 |
| 5000 meter | 6:27.63 | 9 January 2004 | Heerenveen | WR 6:14.66 |
| 10000 meter | 13:38.91 | 11 January 2004 | Heerenveen | WR 12:58.92 |
| Big combination | 151.536 | 8 February 2004 | Hamar | WR 151.691 |
Source: marktuitert.nl[5]
Tuitert has a score of 149.198 points on the Adelskalender
Tournament overview
| Season | Dutch Championships Allround |
European Championships Allround |
World Championships Allround |
Dutch Championships Sprint |
World Championships Sprint |
Dutch Championships Single Distances |
World Championships Single Distances |
 Olympic Games |
World Cup GWC |
World Championships Juniors |
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| 1997-1998 |  500m 4th 3000m  1500m 5000m  Overall | |||||||||
| 1998-1999 | 13th 500m 6th 1500m 5000m 4th 10000m 4th Overall | 500m 3000m 4th 1500m 5000m Overall | ||||||||
| 1999-2000 | 6th 500m 8th 5000m 6th 1500m 6th 10000m 6th Overall | 5th 1500m 5th 5000m 6th 10000m | ||||||||
2000-2001 | 7th 500m 9th 5000m 1500m 5th 10000m Overall | 500m 5000m DNF 1500m DNQ 10000m NC Overall | 4th 1000m 1500m 9th 5000m | 18th 1500m | ||||||
| 2001-2002 | DNF 1000m 13th 1500m 18th 5000m | |||||||||
2002-2003 | 500m 4th 5000m 6th 1500m 7th 10000m Overall | 500m 6th 5000m 1500m 7th 10000m Overall | 7th 500m 8th 5000m 1500m 4th 10000m 4th Overall | 1500m 10th 5000m | 5th 1500m | |||||
2003-2004 | 500m 11th 5000m 1500m 6th 10000m Overall | 500m 5000m 1500m 5th 10000m Overall | 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 7th 10000m 5th Overall | 6th 1000m 1500m 4th 5000m | 1500m | 1500m 17th 5000/10000m | ||||
2004-2005 | 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 6th 10000m Overall | 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 10th 10000m 4th Overall | 4th 1000m 6th 1500m 12th 5000m | 1500m Team pursuit | 1500m | |||||
2005-2006 | 500m 4th 5000m 1500m 4th 10000m Overall | 8th 500m 5th 1000m 6th 500m 1000m 5th Overall | 5th 1000m 6th 1500m | Team pursuit | 20th 1500m | |||||
2006-2007 | 500m 7th 5000m 1500m 7th 10000m 4th Overall | 4th 500m 11th 5000m 1500m 11th 10000m 8th Overall | 5th 1000m DNF 1500m 5th 5000m | 11th 1500m 34th 5000/10000m | ||||||
2007-2008 | 8th 500m 4th 1000m 10th 500m 5th 1000m 7th Overall | 4th 1000m 4th 1500m | DNF 1000m 6th 1500m | 8th 1000m 1500m Team pursuit | ||||||
2008-2009 | 10th 500m 1000m 500m 1000m Overall | 13th 500m 6th 1000m 17th 500m 9th 1000m 9th Overall | 500m 1000m 1500m | 9th 1500m | 25th 100m 17th 500m 7th 1000m 5th 1500m 7th Team pursuit | |||||
2009-2010 | 6th 500m 1000m 5th 500m 1000m Overall | 500m 1000m 1500m | 5th 1000m 1500m Team pursuit | 34th 500m 1000m 4th 1500m | ||||||
2010-2011 | 5th 500m DSQ 1000m 1500m | DSQ 1500m | 21st 1000m 7th 1500m | |||||||
| 2011-2012 | 11th 500m 8th 1000m 11th 500m 5th 1000m 8th Overall | 8th 500m 6th 1000m 5th 1500m | 31st 500m 7th 1500m | |||||||
2012-2013 | 7th 500m 4th 1000m 6th 500m 1000m 4th Overall | DNF 500m DNF 1000m DNQ 500m DNQ 1000m NC Overall | DNF 1000m 7th 1500m | 12th 1000m 15th 1500m | ||||||
2013-2014 | 12th 500m 7th 1000m 7th 500m 5th 1000m 7th Overall | 10th 500m 11th 1000m 4th 1500m | 10th 1000m 5th 1500m | NC 500 14th 1000m 8th 1500m |
Source:[6]
World Cup overview
| Season | 500 meter | ||||||||||||
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| 2008–2009 | 11th | 15th | DSQ | 15th | 10th | 11th | – | – | 11th | 13th | 15th | 15th | 22nd |
| 2009–2010 | 18th | 18th | DSQ(b) | 10th(b) | – | – | – | – | 13th | 14th | – | – | |
| 2010–2011 | |||||||||||||
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| 2012–2013 | |||||||||||||
| Season | 1000 meter | |||||||||
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| 2000–2001 | ||||||||||
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| 2007–2008 | 28th | 10th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 16th | – | 6th | 5th | 7th |
| 2008–2009 | 9th | 11th | 4th | 5th | – | – | 10th | | 17th | 16th |
| 2009–2010 | 4th | 4th | 5th | – | | | | |||
| 2010–2011 | 5th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2011–2012 | – | – | 1st(b) | – | – | – | – | |||
| 2012–2013 | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | 1st(b) | 6th | | |
| Season | 1500 meter | ||||||
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| 2000–2001 | 6th | 7th | – | – | |||
| 2001–2002 | |||||||
| 2002–2003 | 4th | 10th | – | 10th | | 6th | |
| 2003–2004 | | | | | | ||
| 2004–2005 | | | 8th | 6th | | ||
| 2005–2006 | DNF | 1st(b) | 10th | DNF | - | ||
| 2006–2007 | – | – | – | 2nd(b) | | 6th | |
| 2007–2008 | 10th | | 5th | | 5th | | 5th |
| 2008–2009 | 4th | | | 19th | 8th | 7th | |
| 2009–2010 | 5th | 4th | 6th | 6th | – | 4th | |
| 2010–2011 | | 10th | 10th | | | 9th | |
| 2011–2012 | 6th | 8th | 6th | – | – | 4th | |
| 2012–2013 | – | – | – | 8th | 8th | 7th | |
| Season | 5000/10000 meter | |||||
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| 2000–2001 | ||||||
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| 2003–2004 | 7th | –* | 9th | – | – | –* |
| 2004–2005 | ||||||
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| 2006–2007 | – | 1st(b) | –* | – | –* | – |
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| Season | Team Pursuit | |||
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| 2000–2001 | ||||
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| 2004–2005 | – | | – | |
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| 2007–2008 | 6th | – | – | – |
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Source:[7]
- NC = No classification
- DSQ = Disqualified
- DNF = Did not finish
- DNQ = Did not qualify
- * = 10000 meter
Medals won
| Championship | Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
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| Dutch Allround | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| European Allround | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| World Allround | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dutch Sprint | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Dutch Single Distance | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| World Single Distance | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Olympic Games | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| World Cup 1000m | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| World Cup 1500m | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| World Cup Team pursuit | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| World Cup GWC Classification | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| World Junior Allround | 4 | 2 | 2 |
References
- http://relatie.blog.nl/celebs-plebs/2010/02/21/gouden-mark-tuitert-vrouw-helen-een-ijselijk-huwelijk
- https://arrowlordsofmetal.nl/
- "Beroemde Headbangers: Mark Tuitert" (in Dutch). Lords of Metal. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- Evert Stenlund (15 February 2010). "Adelskalendern". evertstenlund.se. Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- "Mark Tuitert Biography". marktuitert.nl. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- https://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/mark-tuitert/
- "ISU World Cup Results"
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mark Tuitert. |
- First Energy Gum
- Photos of Mark Tuitert
- Official website Mark Tuitert
- Interview Lords of Metal, Beroemde Headbangers
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| Preceded by Epke Zonderland |
Dutch Sportsman of the year 2010 |
Succeeded by Epke Zonderland |
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