Mark Tuitert

{{Short description|Dutch speed skater}}

{{Infobox speed skater

| name = Mark Tuitert

| image = Mark Tuitert Beslist nl (cropped).png

| imagesize =

| caption = Tuitert in 2012

| headercolor = #d7ecff

| country = Netherlands

| club =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|4|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Holten, Netherlands

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 84 kg

| turnedpro = 1998

| retired = 2014

| pb =

| website = [http://marktuitert.nl marktuitert.nl]

|medaltemplates=

{{Medal|Sport|Men's speed skating}}

{{Medal|Country|the {{NED}}}}

{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}

{{Medal|Gold|2010 Vancouver|1500 m}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2006 Turin|Team pursuit}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2010 Vancouver|Team pursuit}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2005 Inzell|Team pursuit}}

{{Medal|Silver|2004 Seoul|1500 m}}

{{Medal|Silver|2005 Inzell|1500 m}}

{{Medal|Competition|European Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|2004 Heerenveen|All round}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2003 Heerenveen|All round}}

{{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}}

{{Medal|Gold|1999 Geithus|Allround}}

{{Medal|Silver|1998 Roseville|Allround}}

}}

Mark Jan Hendrik Tuitert ({{IPA|nl|ˈmɑr(ə)k ˈtœytərt}}; born 4 April 1980) is a retired Dutch speed skater. He won gold at the 1500 m at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Personal life

Tuitert married fellow Dutch speed skater Helen van Goozen in 2009. Ten years before, they both won gold medals at the World Junior Speed Skating Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://relatie.blog.nl/celebs-plebs/2010/02/21/gouden-mark-tuitert-vrouw-helen-een-ijselijk-huwelijk|title = De VIVA-vrouw is helemaal niet stout: Ze wil een monogaam huwelijk en kids|date = 9 May 2012}}

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=

File:Mark Tuitert 2010.jpg]]

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.{{cite web |author=Evert Stenlund|title=Adelskalendern|url=http://evertstenlund.se/adelm.htm|publisher=evertstenlund.se|date=15 February 2010|access-date=2010-02-16}} 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. Further, he has a podcast called "Drive", in which he interviews a large variety of professionals (i.e. athletes, scientists, entrepreneurs) with a drive. In 2021 his book " Drive: train your stoic mindset" was published in the Netherlands (Drive: train je stoicijnse mindset).

Records

=World records=

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EventResultDateLocationNotes
1500 meter1:48.4520 March 1999CalgaryJunior world record until 17 March 2001
3000 meter3:48.5619 March 1999CalgaryJunior world record until 21 March 2002
5000 meter6:33.2620 March 1999CalgaryJunior world record until 3 March 2001
Big combination classification151.69111 January 2004Heerenveen| World record until 8 February 2004
Team pursuit**3:46.4421 November 2004BerlinWorld record until 12 November 2005

=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.

{{PersonalRecordsTop}}

{{PersonalRecordsSport|Men's speed skating}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|500 meter|35.20|27 December 2009|Heerenveen|WR 34.03}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1000 meter|1:07.84|11 November 2007|Salt Lake City|WR 1:07.00}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|1500 meter|1:42.87|17 December 2007|Salt Lake City|WR 1:42.32}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|3000 meter|3.41.16|12 August 2005|Salt Lake City|WR 3:39.02}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|5000 meter|6:27.63|9 January 2004|Heerenveen |WR 6:14.66}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|10000 meter|13:38.91|11 January 2004|Heerenveen|WR 12:58.92}}

{{PersonalRecordsMiddle|Big combination|151.536|8 February 2004|Hamar|WR 151.691}}

{{PersonalRecordsBottom}}

Source: [http://marktuitert.nl marktuitert.nl]{{cite web |title=Mark Tuitert Biography|url=http://marktuitert.nl/bio/|publisher=marktuitert.nl|access-date=2010-02-21}}

Tuitert has a score of 149.198 points on the Adelskalender

Tournament overview

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!
Season

! Dutch
Championships
Allround

! European
Championships
Allround

! World
Championships
Allround

! Dutch
Championships
Sprint

! World
Championships
Sprint

! Dutch
Championships
Single
Distances

! World
Championships
Single
Distances

! File:Olympic rings.svg
Olympic
Games

! World
Cup
GWC

!World
Championships
Juniors

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|
1997–98

bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| ROSEVILLE }}
{{bronze3}} 500m
4th 3000m
{{gold1}} 1500m
{{gold1}} 5000m
{{silver2}} overall
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1998–99

{{center| THE HAGUE }}
13th 500m
6th 1500m
{{bronze3}} 5000m
4th 10000m
4th overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| GIETHUS }}
{{silver2}} 500m
{{gold1}} 3000m
4th 1500m
{{bronze3}} 5000m
{{gold1}} overall
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
1999–00

{{center| THE HAGUE }}
6th 500m
8th 5000m
6th 1500m
6th 10000m
6th overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| DEVENTER }}
5th 1500m
5th 5000m
6th 10000m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2000–01

{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
7th 500m
9th 5000m
{{gold1}} 1500m
5th 10000m
{{bronze3}} overall
{{center| BASELGA di PINÈ }}
{{silver2}} 500m
{{silver2}} 5000m
DNF 1500m
DNQ 10000m
NC overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| THE HAGUE }}

4th 1000m
{{silver2}} 1500m
9th 5000m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
18th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2001–02

bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| GRONINGEN }}
DNF 1000m
13th 1500m
18th 5000m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2002–03

{{center| ASSEN }}
{{gold1}} 500m
4th 5000m
6th 1500m
7th 10000m
{{silver2}} overall
{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
{{silver2}} 500m
6th 5000m
{{bronze3}} 1500m
7th 10000m
{{bronze3}} overall
{{center| GOTHENBURG }}
7th 500m
8th 5000m
{{silver2}} 1500m
4th 10000m
4th overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| UTRECHT }}
{{bronze3}} 1500m
10th 5000m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
5th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2003–04

{{center| EINDHOVEN }}
{{gold1}} 500m
11th 5000m
{{gold1}} 1500m
6th 10000m
{{bronze3}} overall
{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
{{silver2}} 500m
{{silver2}} 5000m
{{gold1}} 1500m
5th 10000m
{{gold1}} overall
{{center| HAMAR }}
{{silver2}} 500m
7th 5000m
{{silver2}} 1500m
7th 10000m
5th overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
6th 1000m
{{silver2}} 1500m
4th 5000m
{{center| SEOUL }}
{{silver2}} 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
{{gold1}} 1500m
17th 5000/10000m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2004–05

{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
{{gold1}} 500m
7th 5000m
{{silver2}} 1500m
6th 10000m
{{bronze3}} overall
{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
{{gold1}} 500m
7th 5000m
{{silver2}} 1500m
10th 10000m
4th overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| ASSEN }}
4th 1000m
6th 1500m
12th 5000m
{{center| INZELL
}} {{silver2}} 1500m
{{gold1}} Team pursuit
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
{{gold1}} 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2005–06

{{center| UTRECHT }}
{{gold1}} 500m
4th 5000m
{{silver2}} 1500m
4th 10000m
{{gold1}} overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| ASSEN }}
8th 500m
5th 1000m
6th 500m
{{bronze3}} 1000m
5th overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
5th 1000m
6th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| TURIN }}
{{bronze3}} Team pursuit

20th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2006–07

{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
{{silver2}} 500m
7th 5000m
{{bronze3}} 1500m
7th 10000m
4th overall
{{center| COLLALBO }}
4th 500m
11th 5000m
{{bronze3}} 1500m
11th 10000m
8th overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| ASSEN }}
5th 1000m
DNF 1500m
5th 5000m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
11th 1500m
34th 5000/10000m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2007–08

bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
8th 500m
4th 1000m
10th 500m
5th 1000m
7th overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
4th 1000m
4th 1500m
{{center| NAGANO }}
DNF 1000m
6th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
8th 1000m
{{bronze3}} 1500m
{{silver2}} Team pursuit
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

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2008–09

bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| GRONINGEN }}
10th 500m
{{bronze3}} 1000m
{{bronze3}} 500m
{{silver2}} 1000m
{{bronze3}} overall
{{center| MOSCOW }}
13th 500m
6th 1000m
17th 500m
9th 1000m
9th overall
{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
{{bronze3}} 500m
{{bronze3}} 1000m
{{silver2}} 1500m
{{center| VANCOUVER }}
9th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
25th 100m
17th 500m
7th 1000m
5th 1500m
7th Team pursuit
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

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2009–10

bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| GRONINGEN }}
6th 500m
{{bronze3}} 1000m
5th 500m
{{silver2}} 1000m
{{silver2}} overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
{{bronze3}} 500m
{{bronze3}} 1000m
{{silver2}} 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| VANCOUVER }}
5th 1000m
{{gold1}} 1500m
{{bronze3}} Team pursuit

34th 500m
{{silver2}} 1000m
4th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2010–11

bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
5th 500m
DSQ 1000m
{{silver2}} 1500m
{{center| INZELL }}
DSQ 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
21st 1000m
7th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2011–12

bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
11th 500m
8th 1000m
11th 500m
5th 1000m
8th overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
8th 500m
6th 1000m
5th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |31st 500m
7th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2012–13

bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| GRONINGEN }}
8th 500m
4th 1000m
6th 500m
{{gold1}} 1000m
4th overall
{{center|SALT LAKE CITY }}
DNF 500m
DNF 1000m
DNQ 500m
DNQ 1000m
NC overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| SOCHI }}
DNF 1000m
7th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
12th 1000m
15th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
style="vertical-align: top;"

|
2013–14

bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| AMSTERDAM }}
12th 500m
7th 1000m
7th 500m
5th 1000m
7th overall
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| HEERENVEEN }}
10th 500m
11th 1000m
4th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |{{center| SOCHI }}
10th 1000m
5th 1500m

NC 500
14th 1000m
8th 1500m
bgcolor=#EEEEEE |

Source:{{Cite web|url=https://www.speedskatingnews.info/en/data/skater/mark-tuitert/|title = Skater Profile | Mark Tuitert | Men | Netherlands}}

World Cup overview

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! | Season

! colspan="13"|500 meter

2000–2001colspan="13" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2001–2002colspan="13" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2002–2003colspan="13" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2003–2004colspan="13" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2004–2005colspan="13" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2005–2006colspan="13" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2006–2007colspan="13" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2007–2008colspan="13" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2008–200911th15thDSQ15th10th11th11th13th15th15th22nd
2009–201018th18thDSQ(b)10th(b)13th14thcolspan="1" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2010–2011colspan="13" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2011–2012colspan="13" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2012–2013colspan="13" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |

class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;"

!| Season

! colspan="10"|1000 meter

2000–2001colspan="10" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2001–2002colspan="10" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2002–2003colspan="10" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2003–2004colspan="10" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2004–2005colspan="10" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2005–2006colspan="10" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2006–2007colspan="10" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2007–200828th10th7th7th6th16th6th5th7th
2008–20099th11th4th5th10th{{bronze3}}17th16th
2009–20104th4th5th{{silver2}}{{bronze3}}{{bronze3}}colspan="3" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2010–20115th6thcolspan="2" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2011–20121st(b)colspan="3" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2012–201311th1st(b)6th{{silver2}}colspan="1" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |

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! | Season

! colspan="7"|1500 meter

2000–20016th7thcolspan="3" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2001–2002colspan="7" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2002–20034th10th10th{{silver2}}6thcolspan="1" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2003–2004{{silver2}}{{gold1}}{{silver2}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}colspan="2" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2004–2005{{gold1}}{{silver2}}8th6th{{gold1}}colspan="2" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2005–2006DNF1st(b)10thDNFcolspan="2" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2006–20072nd(b){{bronze3}}6thcolspan="1" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2007–200810th{{bronze3}}5th{{bronze3}}5th{{bronze3}}5th
2008–20094th{{bronze3}}{{silver2}}19th8th7thcolspan="1" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2009–20105th4th6th6th4thcolspan="1" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2010–2011{{bronze3}}10th10th{{bronze3}}{{bronze3}}9thcolspan="1" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2011–20126th8th6th4thcolspan="1" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2012–20138th8th7thcolspan="1" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |

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! | Season

! colspan="6"|5000/10000 meter

2000–2001colspan="6" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2001–2002colspan="6" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2002–2003colspan="6" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2003–20047th–*9th–*
2004–2005colspan="6" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2005–2006colspan="6" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2006–20071st(b)–*–*
2007–2008colspan="6" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2008–2009colspan="6" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2009–2010colspan="6" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2010–2011colspan="6" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2011–2012colspan="6" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2012–2013colspan="6" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |

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! | Season

! colspan="4"|Team Pursuit

2000–2001colspan="4" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2001–2002colspan="4" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2002–2003colspan="4" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2003–2004colspan="4" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2004–2005{{gold1}}colspan="1" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2005–2006colspan="4" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2006–2007colspan="4" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2007–20086th
2008–2009colspan="4" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2009–2010colspan="4" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2010–2011colspan="4" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2011–2012colspan="4" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |
2012–2013colspan="4" bgcolor=#EEEEEE |

Source:[http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20151215050745/http://www.isuresults.eu/ "ISU World Cup Results"]

  • NC = No classification
  • DSQ = Disqualified
  • DNF = Did not finish
  • DNQ = Did not qualify
  • * = 10000 meter

Medals won

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! Championship

! Gold
{{gold1}}

! Silver
{{silver2}}

! Bronze
{{bronze3}}

style="text-align:left" | Dutch Allround745
style="text-align:left" | European Allround363
style="text-align:left" | World Allround030
style="text-align:left" | Dutch Sprint135
style="text-align:left" | Dutch Single Distance 055
style="text-align:left" | World Single Distance120
style="text-align:left" | Olympic Games102
style="text-align:left" | World Cup 1000m014
style="text-align:left" | World Cup 1500m557
style="text-align:left" | World Cup Team pursuit100
style="text-align:left" | World Cup GWC Classification221
style="text-align:left" | World Junior Allround422

References

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