Gerard van Velde
{{Short description|Dutch speed skater (born 1971)}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Dutch|Van Velde|wrong=Velde}}
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| name = Gerard van Velde
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| country = Netherlands
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|11|30|df=y}}{{cite Sports-Reference
| title = Gerard van Velde
| url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/gerard-van-velde-1.html
| accessdate = 6 June 2015
| url-status = dead
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150911025603/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/gerard-van-velde-1.html
| archivedate = 11 September 2015
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| birth_place = Wapenveld, Netherlands
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| turnedpro = 1990
| retired = 2008
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| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Sport|Men's speed skating}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{NED}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|Gold |2002 Salt Lake City|1000 m}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Sprint Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2003 Calgary|Sprint}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Single Distance Championships}}
{{Medal|Silver|2003 Berlin|1000 m}}
}}
Gerard Pieter Hendrik van Velde (born 30 November 1971) is a Dutch retired speed skater who specialised in sprinting. He won an Olympic gold medal in 2002.
Biography
Van Velde was considered the best Dutch sprinter during the early 1990s, but did not manage to win a medal in either the 1992 or 1994 Winter Olympics. Particularly frustrating were the 1992 Games, where he missed a bronze medal by one-hundredth of a second.
During the late 1990s, clap skates became standard in Olympic competition. Van Velde had such difficulty adjusting to the techniques required with these new skates that he retired from skating and became a car salesman. However, he was not finished with the skating world.
Rintje Ritsma, another Dutch skater invited Van Velde to be his training partner, and, during training, he mastered the clap skate techniques. He decided to try out for the 2002 Winter Olympics, in spite of the arrival of a new generation of Dutch sprinters such as Jan Bos, Erben Wennemars and Jakko Jan Leeuwangh. Van Velde became the fourth sprinter to qualify for the games.
In Salt Lake City, he started before all the other favorites and raced to a world record finish. His time of 1:07.18 shaved more than half a second from the previous best world time, and more than a second from his personal best. The skaters who followed were unable to best him, and he won the gold medal.
In December 2005, at the Dutch Olympic trials in Heerenveen, van Velde failed to qualify for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. In retirement he became a coach.
Records
=Personal records=
{{PersonalRecordsTop}}
{{PersonalRecordsSport| Men's speed skating}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 500 m | 34.59 | 6 February 2003 | Calgary | }}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 1000 m | 1:07.18 | 16 February 2002 | Salt Lake City | Olympic record}}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 1500 m | 1:48.53 | 26 September 2004 | Calgary | }}
{{PersonalRecordsMiddle| 3000 m | 4:02.18 | 30 November 2004 | Calgary | }}
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Source: SpeedskatingResults.com{{cite web
| title = Gerard van Velde
| url = http://speedskatingresults.com/index.php?p=17&s=393
| website = SpeedskatingResults.com
| access-date = 29 August 2012
}}
=World records=
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Event | Result | Date | Location | Notes |
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1000 m | 1:07.18 | 16 February 2002 | align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} Salt Lake City | World record until 20 November 2005 |
Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com{{cite web
| title = Gerard van Velde
| url = http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1971113001
| website = SpeedSkatingStats.com
| access-date = 29 August 2012
}}
Tournament overview
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| | {{center|THE HAGUE}} {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 1000m 10 th1500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|INZELL}} 20th 500m 10th 1000m 16th 500m 17th 1000m 15th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
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| | {{center|DEVENTER}} {{gold1}} 500m {{bronze3}} 1000m | {{center|UTRECHT}} {{gold1}} 500m 5th 1000m {{gold1}} 500m 4th 1000m {{gold1}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|IKAHO}} 18th 500m 9th 1000m 15th 500m 8th 1000m 11th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
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| | {{center|HEERENVEEN}} {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 1000m 12th 1500m | {{center|THE HAGUE}} {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 1000m 13th 500m {{gold1}} 1000m 13th overall | {{center|LILLEHAMMAR}} 21st 500m 9th 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|CALGARY}} 15h 500m 5th 1000m 17th 500m 33rd 1000m 30th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
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| | {{center|THE HAGUE}} {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 1000m | {{center|ALKMAAR}} {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 1000m {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 1000m {{gold1}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|MILWAUKEE}} 17th 500m 4th 1000m 11th 500m 5th 1000m 10th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
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| | {{center|GRONINGEN}} {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 1000m | {{center|ASSEN}} {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 1000m {{gold1}} 500m {{gold1}} 1000m {{gold1}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|HAMAR}} 10th 500m 4th 1000m | {{center|HEERENVEEN}} 36th 500m 4th 1000m 25th 500m 10th 1000m 33rd overall | 13th 500m {{bronze3}} 1000m |
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| | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|GRONINGEN}} {{silver2}} 500m {{silver2}} 1000m {{gold1}} 500m {{silver2}} 1000m {{silver2}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|WARSAW}} 18th 500m 6th 1000m | {{center|HAMAR}} 12th 500m 10th 1000m 13th 500m 8th 1000m 11th overall | 15th 500m 6th 1000m |
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| | {{center|HEERENVEEN}} 4th 500m 7th 1000m | {{center|GRONINGEN}} 7th 500m 7th 1000m 7th 500m 10th 1000m 6th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|CALGARY}} NS2 500m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | 44th 500m 23rd 1000m |
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| 1998–99 | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
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| | {{center|DEVENTER}} {{bronze3}} 500m 5th 1000m | {{center|UTRECHT}} {{bronze3}} 500m 4th 1000m 4th 500m 4th 1000m {{bronze3}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|NAGANO}} 19th 500m | {{center|SEOUL}} 22nd 500m 19th 1000m 20th 500m 23rd 1000m 21st overall | 32nd 500m 37th 1000m |
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| | {{center|THE HAGUE}} 7th 500m 12th 1000m 19th 1500m | {{center|HEERENVEEN}} {{silver2}} 500m 5th 1000m {{silver2}} 500m 4th 1000m {{silver2}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|SALT LAKE CITY}} 11th 500m 5th 500m | {{center|INZELL}} 11th 500m 4th 1000m 9th 500m 5th 1000m 7th overall | 19th 500m 14th 1000m |
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| | {{center|HEERENVEEN}} {{bronze3}} 500m {{silver2}} 1000m 7th 1500m | {{center|GRONINGEN}} {{gold1}} 500m {{silver2}} 1000m {{silver2}} 500m 4th 1000m {{gold1}} overall | {{center|SALT LAKE CITY}} 4th 500m {{gold1}} 1000m | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|HAMAR}} 7th 500m {{silver2}} 1000m 5th 500m 5th 1000m 4th overall | 5th 500m 9th 1000m |
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| | {{center|UTRECHT}} {{silver2}} 500m {{silver2}} 1000m 8th 1500m | {{center|GRONINGEN}} {{silver2}} 500m 4th 1000m {{silver2}} 500m DNF 1000m NC overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|BERLIN}} 4th 500m {{silver2}} 1000m | {{center|CALGARY}} {{bronze3}} 500m 4th 1000m {{silver2}} 500m 4th 1000m {{silver2}} overall | 4th 500m {{silver2}} 1000m |
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| | {{center|HEERENVEEN}} {{gold1}} 500m {{silver2}} 1000m | {{center|UTRECHT}} {{gold1}} 500m {{silver2}} 1000m {{silver2}} 500m {{silver2}} 1000m {{silver2}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|SEOUL}} 8th 500m NF 1000m | {{center|NAGANO}} 7th 500m 6th 1000m {{gold1}} 500m {{silver2}} 1000m 4th overall | 27th 100m 7th 500m {{silver2}} 1000m |
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| | {{center|ASSEN}} {{gold1}} 500m 6th 1000m 14th 1500m | {{center|GRONINGEN}} {{gold1}} 500m 4th 1000m {{gold1}} 500m {{bronze3}} 1000m {{gold1}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|INZELL}} 10th 500m | {{center|SALT LAKE CITY}} {{gold1}} 500m DNS 1000m DNS 500m DNS 1000m NC overall | 11th 500m {{bronze3}} 1000m |
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| | {{center|HEERENVEEN}} 5th 500m 6th 1000m | {{center|ASSEN}} {{silver2}} 500m {{silver2}} 1000m {{silver2}} 500m 5th 1000m {{silver2}} overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|HEERENVEEN}} 9th 500m 10th 1000m 9th 500m 11th 1000m 6th overall | 9th 500m 7th 1000m |
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| | {{center|ASSEN}} 4th 500m 9th 1000m | {{center|GRONINGEN}} 4th 500m 6th 1000m {{silver2}} 500m 6th 1000m 4th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|HAMAR}} 15h 500m 14th 1000m DNS 500m DNS 1000m NC overall | 15th 500m |
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| | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | {{center|HEERENVEEN}} 8th 500m 13th 1000m 12th 500m 11th 1000m 10th overall | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | | bgcolor=#EEEEEE | |
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:DQ = Disqualified
:DNF = Did not finish
:DNS = Did not start
:NC = No classification
Medals won
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!Championship!!Gold | |||
Dutch Single Distances | style="text-align:center" | 12 | style="text-align:center" | 5 | style="text-align:center" | 3 |
Dutch Sprint | style="text-align:center" | 6 | style="text-align:center" | 4 | style="text-align:center" | 1 |
Olympic Games | style="text-align:center" | 1 | style="text-align:center" | 0 | style="text-align:center" | 0 |
World Single Distances | style="text-align:center" | 0 | style="text-align:center" | 1 | style="text-align:center" | 0 |
World Sprint | style="text-align:center" | 0 | style="text-align:center" | 1 | style="text-align:center" | 0 |
References
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External links
- {{ISU speed skater|old_id=97892}}
- [http://www.speedskatingbase.eu/?section=skaters&subsection=skater&skaterid=27296 PB's Gerard van Velde] at SpeedskatingBase.eu with link to results International Championships
- [http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1971113001 Gerard van Velde] at SpeedSkatingStats.com
- {{Olympics.com|gerard-van-velde |oc_archive=20200129040129 |org_archive=20190831042544}}
- {{nocnsf.nl|gerard-van-velde}}
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310194333/http://www.fotos.desg.de/athletes.php?showAthletes=all&id=109 |date=March 10, 2007 |title=Photos of Gerard van Velde}}
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