Michel Mulder

Michel Mulder (born 27 February 1986) is a Dutch speed skater. He is the 2014 Olympic Champion at the 500 m distance and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist at the 1,000 m distance. He finished second in the men's 500 metres event at the 2012 World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships.[2] His twin brother, Ronald Mulder, is also a speed skater. Despite being the defending champion for the 500m distance at the Olympic Games, Michel did not qualify for the 2018 Olympics.[3] His twin brother competed in the event and finished in 7th place.

Michel Mulder
Personal information
Born (1986-02-27) 27 February 1986
Zwolle, Netherlands
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountryNetherlands
SportSpeed skating
Medal record
Men's speed skating
Representing  Netherlands
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi500 m
2014 Sochi1000 m
World Sprint Championships
2013 Salt Lake CitySprint
2014 NaganoSprint
World Single Distance Championships
2012 Heerenveen500 m
2015 Heerenveen500 m

Personal records
DistanceResultDateLocation
500 m34.2615 November 2013Salt Lake City
1000 m1:07.4616 November 2013Salt Lake City
1500 m1:48.5920 March 2011Calgary
3000 m4:09.6313 January 2008Heerenveen
5000 m7:31.0611 November 2007Heerenveen

Source: SpeedskatingResults.com[4]

References
  1. "Michel Mulder". olympics.cbc.ca. CBC. Archived from the original on 11 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. "ESSENT ISU WORLD DISTANCES CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 Classification Men". live.isuresults.eu. 2012-03-25. Archived from the original on 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2018/feb/19/winter-olympics-2018-day-10-from-pyeongchang-live
  4. "Michel Mulder". SpeedskatingResults.com.


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